The kitchen is the heart of any home, so it’s often the place where we spend the most time and money trying to perfect. A popular trend of the moment is to open up your kitchen with bifold doors, but this might not be the right choice for your home or lifestyle. While an open plan kitchen with bifold doors can provide a light, airy space, many people are worried about how much bifold doors cost. That’s why we’ve rounded up some of the best bifold doors in Sussex to help you work through the pros and cons.

Bifold doors: making life easy

It might look like installing bifold doors is a big job, but you could be surprised. From adding doors to a small opening or replacing an entire wall of your home, bifold doors are actually pretty easy to install when done by Bowalker’s expert team. They’re also easy to live with, as traffic doors can be added, making it simple and speedy to just pop in and out.

We all dread keeping new features in our homes neat and tidy, but bifolds need little maintenance. Choosing aluminium frames for bifold doors means they just need a quick wipe down with an everyday cleaning solution, which can be done when you clean the rest of your windows.

Function meets style: the bifold door fashion

There can be no argument that bifold doors look fantastic in new-build and modern homes. An open plan kitchen with bifold doors allows light and air to flow through a home, giving it a clean, inviting look and feel. But don’t discount bifold doors for more traditional homes. They can bring a completely bespoke design and dimension to your property, no matter how unconventional the layout might be.

One of the key concerns we hear from our customers when it comes to bifold doors is the amount of space they take up when stacked. If space is at a premium in your home or garden, sliding doors could be a better solution to create a seamless indoor-outdoor transition.

The number of panes needed for bifold doors means sightlines can be obscured, impacting the outdoor views and vistas were hoping to maximise. Again, many people feel that sliding doors are more appropriate in this case, or you could opt for our aïr 800 bifold doors, which have been designed with large expanses of glass to minimise disruption.

Cost of living concerns

For those beginning a home improvement project, we understand there can be concerns about how much bifold doors cost. It’s true, they aren’t the cheapest option on the market, particularly if you are working to a budget, but we do think it’s hard to put a price on the added light, style and often value they add to any home.

At Bowalker Doors, we have more than 40 years’ experience in advising on and fitting bifold doors in Sussex homes, and we’ve seen some stunning home transformations in that time. Remember, our expert team are on hand to help you weigh up the pros and cons of the different types of doors we have available so that you can choose the design that is best for you and your property.