Best brands for multi slide glass doors in Phoenix, AZ?

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We are considering multi slide glass doors for our house (for the great room out to the pool area). Our multi slide glass door will be XXXO with Length of 211 in (about 17.5 feet) and Height of 80 in (6 ft 8 in). We will replace a 3 panel sliding glass door and a window with a new XXXO multi slide glass door.

We are in Phoenix, Arizona, and so far, the brands we have looked at are:

Andersen Heritage

International Window Corporation (IWC) Ambassador Delux

We have been reading that the wheels/rollers of the Andersen (3 inches in diameter) are the very best. IWC has 1 13/16 in wheels and are also really good. We want the best product we can get.

Any suggestions?

Thank you!

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Jeffrey R. Grenz, General Contractor

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TIPS

Always opt for the best wheels as they're heavy.

BE careful of flush thresholds unless they meet local wind ratings and you have very deep overhangs. (most makers have risers for each wind rating level)

Wall thickness is about 2" x each track (4 tracks = 8")

Engineered beam above, possibly w revised footings

Stacking sliders are almost all custom (heavy glass/frames/hardware/tracks) reflected in cost

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millworkman
last month
Andersen makes a good product as foes Fleetwood, Weiland, Western, Skyframe and Eurowall, there are a few others that I cannot think of at the moment. Not at all familiar with IWC, so cannot offer much there. I would definitely look at Eurowall as they make a very good product at a fantastic price point.
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chispa
last month
We built in FL in 2021 and used three sets of multi-slide doors and two sets of sliders from Eurowall. Ours are impact/hurricane rated and 10 ft tall.

We have two 12'W x 10'H OXXO

One 18'W x 10'H OXXXXO

Two 6'W x 10'H OX

I would buy these sliders again, but make sure you have a very good installer. Our "minor" issues (missing weatherstripping on 2 units) were due to installer errors and then took months to get fixed by the distributor due to covid material/labor shortages at that time.

We installed Marvin windows and are we're very happy with those as well.

If budget allows and you have more ceiling height, I would definitely recommend you raise the header for that whole area and get taller multi-slide doors.
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oberon476
last month
Are you aware that Western is located in phoenix?
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Steve P
Original Author
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I did not know about Western being in Phoenix. I will definitely look into them. We have gotten a couple of quotes, but no one mentioned Western yet. Thank you!
Steve P
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FYI, I did research Western Window Systems in Phoenix, and would have loved to support a local company. Unfortunately, Western Window Systems was bought out by MITER Brands in 2024, so it is no longer a local company. Western Window Systems have many very bad Google reviews in Phoenix:

https://www.google.com/search?q=western+window+systems+phoenix+az&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1021US1022&oq=western+window+systems+phoenix+az&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCggAEAAY4wIYgAQyCggAEAAY4wIYgAQyEAgBEC4YrwEYxwEYgAQYjgUyDQgCEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgDEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgEEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgFEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyCggGEAAYgAQYogQyCggHEAAYogQYiQUyCggIEAAYgAQYogTSAQg2MDYxajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#lrd=0x872b0fc7049a3d51:0xa07b4e9623e609e8,1,,,,
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Windows on Washington Ltd
last month
@Steve P

If you sell enough product...you will never please anyone. Browsing their reviews, I see a couple of 1-stars for glass breakage which is not a covered defect from any door manufacturer that we deal with currently either. Can't really hamstring them for that. Tempered glass can fail for a number of reasons and the inability to prove the actual cause of the failure is why most suppliers do NOT offer coverage. The #1 killer of tempered glass is the lawn mower, and how many landscapers will admit to that...answer...about zero.

Both @oberon476 and @millworkman think its a solid company and seeing as those two have overseen the construction, order, and delivery of in the millions of product totals, I would say the advice is valid.
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Nelson Behr
last month
Look at these guys.... Last time I checked they were very cost competitive

https://panoramicdoors.com/
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dan1888
last month
The next standard height is 8'.
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millworkman
last month
I would very much steer clear of Panoramic............................
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Mark Bischak, Architect
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" . . . and Height of 80 in (6 ft 9 in). "

I would very much steer clear of the OP's math teacher.