French doors vs sliding glass doors

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BP community,

I'm in the middle of another rehab.  The patio door is busted and needs replacing.  I'm tempted to replace it with new french doors.  Any thoughts on what is trending in your markets between the two types of patio doors...sliding or french doors?  Or in other words, which type of patio door is more aesthetically pleasing in your markets?

[Carlos Enriquez]

Sliders are by far the less expensive, and tenants have bad habits with swinging doors in my experience.  My duplex has sliders and the tenants like them, especially since they have two young children.  Doors are too easy to open.

Also, if you have sliders, then you may want to look at how the hinges will be placed if you go with French. I had a SFR that had French doors where the hinges were on the outside rather than inside. They had replaced a slider, and didn't want to go to the expense of rebuilding the frame for internal hinges for the French doors. So they just attached them incorrectly. The problem with that is that anyone can pop the hinge pin quickly from the outside without too much effort. Security is important if you're going to convert.