I DON'T SEE ANY REAL PROBLEM.YOU ONLY NEED TO EXTEND THE RODS FOUR FEET ON THE FOUR FOOT SIDE AND ADD TWO FEETOF DRAPERIES TO THE SIX FOOT SLIDER. . THIS WAY IT WILL GIVE THE ILLUSION OF SYMMETRY. BY MAKING THE DRAPES APPEAR TO MAKE THE WINDOWS EQUAL YOU'LL GET THE BALANCE YOU NEED AND NO ONE WILL BE THE WISER. SHOW US PICS WHEN YOU CAN GET GOING ON IT. YAYA

I hadn't thought of using window tx to disguise the issue. The four foot window goes right to the edge of the wall. Are you saying to add more fabric to the six foot slider such that the six foot slider looks smaller? I can't see how I can make the four foot window look bigger as there isn't room where it meets the wall, and the firplace will be on the other side, and the fireplace will be very close to the windows given my space constraints.

thanks!

Exactly how long is that wall? Do you have room to do something like this? Our fireplace is going in the center of these 2 doors. The doors wouldn't have to be that far apart and if you put in a 5ft. mantle w/fireplace, it would take up less space.

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brutuses, what you are doing is exactly what I would like to do. The space is only 187 inches. I have more wall space room to the left of the slider (see pics below), but the deck does not continue there--so I can't have the slider going outside to nowhere.

I do have room to do five foot sliders or french doors on either side of the fireplace. However, the problem is that we would have to custom order the doors at a much higher expense--and the bigger problem is that if we just do five foot doors, the floor vent will be in the spot where the fireplace is and will need to be plugged.

If we do a six foot slider we can get a stock door, and the fireplace will be shifted over enough such that we can keep the vent and we can just keep the four foot window on the other side. I just don't know if that will look weird given the different widths of the glass on either side.

Another option is to have the fireplace where the slider is now and then just have a slider on the other side of the fireplace where the four foot windows are now. Below are pics of the entire wall. We have a dining room set at one end (no windows on that part of the wall) and then the rest of the room is a living room area and the entire wall in that part of the room is the slider/windows.

But I don't know if that will look even stranger with a strecth of wall space with no windows--the first part of the wall being the dining room hutch, then a fireplace, and then a slider or french doors--ie window on only one side of the fireplace.

all opinions very welcome!!!

What about 4 foot doors? Are they an off size, too?

I think a 6ft on 1 side and 4 on the other will look strange. Does it have to be a slider? Can it be a door on one side and then a non working(can't remember the technical term) window that matches the door on the other side where the deck isn't in front of it? Or how about 2 36" doors(or larger) flanking the fireplace.

BTW...I received quotes for both a 5 ft. slider and a 5 ft. french door where only 1 side opens and they didn't tell me it was a custom order. I'm using Marvin Integrity.

These pictures show 2 doors flanking a range, but you'll be able to get the idea. There's not 1 picture that shows the 2 doors together so I'm including the diagram of the layout. Hope this helps.

Malhgold, I like those windows. I think you are right and the windows need to be the same size. That just necessitates moving the vent.

By custom order, I just meant, I can't go into Lowes and buy a five foot slider off the floor--instead I have to order it in the five foot size.

If you don't mind me asking--what was the price range per 5 foot slider/french door with marvin. The cheapest I could find at Lowes was $1100 per french door--I can't remember the brand.

thanks!

We purchased our doors from HD. They were in stock and cost less than $500 each. If you want you can always install the two sets of doors and make only one workable to the outside deck and the other would be strictly for looks, a dummy door.

I agree with everything Malhgold said in her first paragraph.

We have Marvin french door and 2 sets of french doors made by Caradco. We got them about 5 years ago, so I don't remember the exact prices, but the Caradco doors were, I THINK, about half the price of the Marvin. They're very nice, don't seem cheap. Caradco is now made by JELD-WEN. I don't know if the quality has changed.

Marvin 5' slider was about $1600 and french door with only 1 door swinging in(other door stationary) was $1900. I'm sure these can be found for less.