A garden door is a hinged pair — one or both leaves operating. Because they close by compression against the frame rather than sliding past it, they seal better than a patio door, and there is no track to fill with grit. The trade is floor space: the operating leaf swings into or out of the room.
Every type trades something. A page that lists only strengths is a brochure, not advice.
Specification
On an entry door the lock does two jobs: security, and pulling the slab tight against the weatherstrip. Multi-point hardware does the second job considerably better than a single deadbolt.
Both materials we fit have insulated cores. The difference is what happens to the outside face over time.
Glass inserts are where most of the visual decision happens, and where most of the heat leaves if the insert is poorly specified.
These three parts are what actually fail on a door in Edmonton. Everything else outlasts them.
Doors take colour better than windows do, and the front door is usually where a house is allowed some personality.
Not sure yet
Tell us what the opening does. We will say which type fits.
