Bifold Shop

Bifold Shop: bifold doors, windows and roof lanterns in Gloucestershire

Bifold Shop is a British company with more than twenty years of activity dedicated to the supply and installation of bifold doors, sliding patio doors, uPVC and aluminium windows, roof lanterns and aluminium verandas. The company presents itself as a specialist in the Origin, Smarts, Cortizo (DWS), Residence, Bel'M, Palladio & Avant Garde and Legacy brands, and also sells the Regency Triple system with Corning Enlighten glass.

Its proposition combines product sales with project execution: it has its own installation team and offers a ten-year guarantee backed by HomePro insurance. The company states that it carries out between 25 and 30 installations per week and serves more than 850 customers per year, and claims to have been rated 9.5 out of 10 by more than 200 homeowners.

Product catalogue

The catalogue is organised into several families:

• Bifold doors: Origin, Smarts and Cortizo (DWS) models.
• Sliding patio doors: Origin and Smarts.
• Windows and doors: Origin, Residence and Smarts, including Origin internal doors.
• Entrance doors: Bel'M and Palladio & Avant Garde.
• Sliding sash windows: Legacy.
• Roof lanterns: Titan and Korniche systems.
• Aluminium verandas.

As a complement, the company offers Nōtan integrated blinds, permanently sealed within the glass unit, dust-free and suitable for environments with children, with a ten-year guarantee.

Two service options

Bifold Shop structures its offering on two levels. The supply-only option is designed for homeowners and professionals who handle measuring and installation; it includes delivery to site within the UK, an assembly manual, an operation manual and support from the after-sales team. The full option adds a prior technical survey to determine measurements, installation by its own team and the ten-year guarantee.

Own installation and coverage

The company stresses that it does not just supply: it installs. It has an in-house installation team and more than fifty show homes across the country, as well as a showroom in Cheltenham. Recent projects it mentions include the installation of a Cortizo Plus bifold door in central London, an Origin OB36+ in Tewkesbury, a three-panel sliding door with fixed window in a home extension and various projects to transform the connection between indoors and outdoors.

Kubu smart security

The company promotes the Kubu system, a sensor installed inside the multi-point lock of bifold doors that reports in real time whether the door is actually locked and not just closed. The system sends alerts to the phone if the door is opened unexpectedly or forced, and allows geofence reminders when the user leaves without securing it. According to figures cited by the company, 35% of UK break-ins occur through windows and doors that had not been secured. Kubu is Secured by Design accredited, PSTI compliant and certified to ETSI EN 303 645 and IASME IoT Cyber Assurance Level Two.

The site indicated a free Kubu smart security promotion for the next 25 bifold door orders with supply and installation, excluding supply-only orders and subject to lock compatibility, which is confirmed at the technical survey.

History and team

The company was founded more than twenty years ago with the stated aim of bringing high-quality bifold doors, sliding doors and roof lanterns to homeowners, controlling every stage of the process. It is run by Alan and Sally-Ann Stanway and presents itself as one of the leading suppliers of bifold doors and glazing in Gloucestershire and the South West of England. Its registered office is in Cheltenham.