Quote: external pocket sliding glass doors
E.g.: A pocket sliding glass door assessed with the required wall space, drainage, threshold and installation work.
Show where leaves sit when the opening is clear. Provide a plan of side walls, photos and other planned room work. Request assessment of the door and pocket area, not just a delivered joinery price.
Understand the wall pocket
Schüco describes a sliding leaf disappearing into the wall and highlights associated partition, insulation and airtightness work. The proposed solution needs a drawing for your building.
Assess the pocket area
Request open and closed plans showing movable parts and required recesses. Locate structure, services and obstacles. A load-bearing wall must not be cut from a sales drawing alone; assess the work and any permissions required.
Define envelope and maintenance
Request system-specific junction, insulation, water-management and threshold details. Clarify maintenance or component replacement after walls are closed. Identify required documents and checks before finishing.
Compare another configuration
If space or work creates difficulties, request a slider without a wall pocket. Compare passage, space, maintenance and required work. Neither full clear opening nor better insulation follows from the pocket label alone.
Indicative prices in Luxembourg
On quotation
Budget includes the unit and wall integration: recess, equipment, insulation, junctions and system-dependent finishes. No average premium over a conventional slider is established here. Compare finished projects targeting the same clear passage.
Subsidies and grants
No grant is deducted from the budget shown here. If a quote mentions support, request the exact scheme and confirmation of your eligibility before including it in financing.
Frequently asked questions
Can it be added without wall work?
Check for a suitable existing recess. Do not assume a finished wall can accept the mechanism without work.
Will the whole passage be clear?
Request usable width on the selected system’s open drawing.
How can it be repaired later?
Establish access for maintained or replaced parts before closing the walls.
Is a pocket slider always more expensive?
Compare two complete feasible projects. Available data here does not justify a flat premium.