What Garden Door is Best for You? Picking the best door type for your back garden or balcony can be difficult, as there isn’t a lot to say about them: they keep your house out of the cold and provide easy access to your garden from your home, or vice versa. You need a door that suits the aesthetic of your home: vintage, modern, minimalist, vibrant and so on. You need a door that’s reliable, secure and low maintenance. Thankfully, all doors produced these days manage to do all three, so picking your door is mostly an aesthetic choice rather than a practical one. French Doors, or Patio Doors are usually 2 glazed doors, attached to a hinge on each side of the door frame. These two doors are designed to meet in the middle when closed and swing open outside usually without a central pillar. Their main advantage is that they can offer a lot of space inside the door frame, allowing you to move heavy objects in and out if you need to. Their usual styling involves small glass panes reminiscent of old window designs, giving them a oldfashioned charm, but French doors can be built to any specification.