Why Are Verticals Popular On Patio Doors?
The biggest problem with using horizontally oriented products has been the stack. On an door with a height of 84″, for example, a two-inch wood blind pulled up tightly to the top takes 10 to 12 inches to stack. On a on-inch wood blind, the stack at the top is nearly 19 inches. This means you must either mount the product higher, or leave it so that people of average height would have to duck to get through the doorway. Many doorways simply don’t have the room to install the blinds 12″ above. Of course if you add to the height of the blind, you also will be adding to the stack, so by changing the height of a wood blind to 96″ for an 84″ tall door, the stack height has also increased considerably, so tall people may still be bumping their heads on the blinds bottom rail to go through such a doorway. The other big problem has been cords, which, for doorways, puddle up on the floor and may tend to get twisted and even knotted up in day to day use. Because of problems like these, vertical b
