Exterior of business with bifold windows

Product Types & Features FOR EXTERIOR FOLDING BIFOLD DOORS & Windows

Available Configurations

Chicago BiFold offers a wide range of accordion folding bifold window and door configurations. Our aluminum bifold panels fold to one or both sides of the opening, and swing to either the interior or exterior of the building.  Because of options such as transoms, sidelites, man-doors and more, we can design custom configurations with the look you want and the features you need.

Aluminum Finishes

We stock Clear and Dark Bronze anodized aluminum finishes with a number of additional anodized finishes and standard painted colors. Blended standard and custom colors are also available, providing you with an infinite variety of aluminum colors for your folding glass walls. For more information on the finishes we offer, visit Tubelite Inc’s finishes page. Our finishes are backed by some of the best warranties in the industry.

Glass Types

Our options for glass types are also endless. Standard glass types are 1⁄4″ clear, grey, green-blue and bronze tinted, tempered, or 1″ insulated clear, grey, green or blue or bronze tinted, tempered, creating beautiful glass walls.

Steel Tie-Rod Construction

Steel tie-rod assembly gives our accordion doors and windows their incredible endurance. This results in our tie-rod assembly being as durable as welded corner construction, while superior in many ways. No other commercial bifold door or window offers you this much strength and flexibility.

Hinges and Trolleys

Our exterior folding bifold panels are hung on mortised continuous geared hinges and carried by overhead guide trolleys. Standard hinges have a load rating of up to 600 lbs., and our heavy-duty hinge has a rating of up to 1,000 lbs. Therefore our trolleys can carry up to 250 lbs each, providing plenty of strength to carry our commercial-grade bifold panels.

Configurations: (click names for videos)

2-Panel Configurations »

  • Two panels left or right
  • Inswing or outswing
  • Window or door

3-Panel Configurations »

  • 3 panels to one side, left or right
  • 2 panels to one side opposite a man door
  • Inswing or outswing
  • Window or door

4-Panel Configurations »

  • 4 panels to one side, left or right
  • 3 panels to one side opposite a man door
  • 2 panels to each side
  • Inswing or outswing
  • Window or door

5-Panel Configurations »

  • 5 panels to one side, left or right
  • 4 panels to one side opposite a man door
  • 3 panels to one side and 2 to the opposite side
  • Inswing or outswing
  • Window or door

6-Panel Configurations »

  • 6 panels to one side, left or right
  • 5 panels to one side opposite a man door
  • 4 panels to one side and 2 to the opposite side
  • 3 panels to each side
  • Inswing or outswing
  • Window or door

7+ Panel Configurations »

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