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Pella® Architect Series® – Traditional Multi-Slide Patio Door

Blur the lines between indoors and out with Architect Series – Traditional wood multi-slide patio doors. Choose designs with up to 10 panels that feature expansive glass. With stacking or pocketing applications, these expansive doors can complement a variety of architectural designs. Grille patterns and profiles, interior and exterior finishes and beautiful hardware styles allow you to personalize your traditional multi-slide patio door for your home.

  • Configurations open to the left, right, both left and right or split in the middle to complement your lifestyle.
  • A thermally broken frame design helps insulate the patio door and keep your space comfortable.
  • Multiple sill types available to provide seamless transitions between indoors and outdoors, and performance where it matters most.

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Architect Series - Traditional Multi-Slide Patio Door Features

Design Options

Pella Architect Series product offers exquisite wood types to enhance your home's design. And, we stand behind them with a limited lifetime warranty. See written Limited Warranty for details, including exceptions and limitations.

Materials

  • pine wood

    Pine

Custom

  • white oak finish

    White Oak

  • red oak finish

    Red Oak

  • cherry wood finish

    Cherry

  • maple wood finish

    Maple

For Pros

Pella's EnduraGuard® wood protection formula has three active ingredients. This powerful combination, together with our immersion-treatment method, helps ensure strong protection on every exterior wood surface of our products. The result is advanced protection against the effects of moisture, decay and stains from mold and mildew.


    Prefinished Interior Stains

    Pella wood products can arrive factory-prefinished in your choice of a variety of stains and paints. Primed ready-to-paint interiors are also available.

    • natural wood finish

      Natural

    • golden oak wood finish

      Golden Oak

    • early american wood finish

      Early American

    • provincial wood finish

      Provincial

    • red mahogany wood finish

      Red Mahogany

    • dark mahogany wood finish

      Dark Mahogany

    • espresso wood finish

      Espresso

    • charcoal wood finish

      Charcoal

    • black wood finish

      Black

    Prefinished Interior Paints

    • bright white prefinished paint sample

      Bright White

    • white prefinished paint

      White

    • linen white prefinished paint

      Linen White

    • primed prefinished paint

      Primed

    Exterior Finishes

    Your windows and patio doors arrive with Pella's low-maintenance, aluminum-clad exterior finish in the color of your choice. The finish resists fading and helps protect the exterior for years.

    • putty enduraclad paint window corner

      Putty

    • portobello enduraclad paint window corner

      Portobello

    • iron ore enduraclad paint window corner

      Iron Ore

    • harford green enduraclad paint window corner

      Hartford Green

    • fossil enduraclad paint window corner

      Fossil

    • classic white enduraclad paint window corner

      Classic White

    • white enduraclad paint window corner

      White

    • brick red enduraclad paint window corner

      Brick Red

    • brown enduraclad paint window corner

      Brown

    • black wood window corner section

      Black

    • almond enduraclad paint window corner

      Almond

    Exterior Finishes

    Aluminum-clad wood products are available with Pella's high performance EnduraClad® protective finishes or EnduraClad Plus protective exterior finishes to help keep your vision fresh and crisp for years.

    • Durable, low-maintenance EnduraClad aluminum cladding with EnduraClad protective finish for most projects where resistance to fading, chalking, chemicals and abrasion is needed. Meets the performance requirements of AAMA 2603.
    • Seacoast EnduraClad protective finish for coastal projects with high salt exposure.
    • 70% fluoropolymer resin-based EnduraClad Plus protective finish for select projects, where a high degree of resistance to fading, chalking, chemicals and corrosion is needed – and only full-strength 70% fluoropolymer resin finishes can deliver. Meets the performance requirements of AAMA 2605.


    Baldwin Classic Collection

    • ambrose matte black hardware

      Ambrose - Matte Black

    • ambrose oil rubbed bronze hardware

      Ambrose - Oil-Rubbed Bronze (Upgraded finish)

    • ambrose satin nickel hardware

      Ambrose - Satin Nickel (Upgraded finish)

    Baldwin Modern Collection

    • plazo hardware matte black

      Plazo - Matte Black

    • plazo hardware polished chrome

      Plazo - Polished Chrome (Upgraded finish)

    • plazo hardware satin nickel

      Plazo - Satin Nickel (Upgraded finish)

    Baldwin Rustic Collection

    • notus hardware distressed nickel

      Notus - Distressed Nickel (Upgraded finish)

    • notus hardware distressed bronze

      Notus - Distressed Bronze (Upgraded finish)

    Flush Mount Hardware

    • flush mount hardware white

      Flush Mount - White

    • flush mount hardware brown

      Flush Mount - Brown

    • flush mount hardware black

      Flush Mount - Black

    • flush-mounted hardware oil-rubbed bronze

      Oil-Rubbed Bronze (Upgraded finish)

    • flush mount hardware chrome

      Flush Mount - Polished Chrome (Upgraded finish)

    • flush mount hardware satin nickel

      Flush Mount - Satin Nickel (Upgraded finish)

    Combinations

    Create combinations to add architectural interest to your home. Other combinations are also available. See your Pella sales representative for the complete offering.

    • combination multislide 5 Right Pocket

      5 Right Pocket

    • combination multislide 6 right 0 left

      6 Right 0 Left

    • combination multislide 4 left 4 right pocket

      4 Left 4 Right Pocket

    • combination multislide 5 left 5 right

      5 Left 5 Right

    Low-E Insulating Glass

    Pella's InsulShield® glass collection offers innovative and energy-saving choices for your climate in dual- and triple-pane glass solutions. Low-E glass also helps prevent your carpet, furniture and window treatments from fading by blocking most of the sun’s harmful UV rays. Select triple-pane glass options available with upgraded Krypton gas.

    • sample Advanced Low-E Insulating Glass

      Advanced Low-E Insulating Glass

    • sample AdvancedComfort Low-E Insulating Glass

      AdvancedComfort Low-E Insulating Glass

    • natural sun low-e glass icon

      NaturalSun Low-E with Argon

    • NaturalSun+ Low-E Insulating Glass

      NaturalSun+ Low-E Insulating

    • SunDefense™ Low-E Insulating Glass

      SunDefense™ Low-E Insulating Glass

    • Sun Defense+ Low-E Insulating Glass

      SunDefense+ Low-E Insulating

    Additional Glass Options

    Pella Architect Series products are available with a variety of additional dual-pane glass options to help increase your home’s privacy and security.

    • Non-Impact Laminated Glass

      Non-Impact Laminated Glass

    • Impact-Resistant Laminated Glass

      Impact-Resistant Laminated Glass

    • Non-Laminated Glass

      Non-Laminated Glass

    • obscure glass icon

      Obscure Glass

    • Sample Frosted Glass

      Frosted Glass

    • Sample image for Bronze-Tinted Glass

      Bronze-Tinted Glass

    • Gray-Tinted Glass

      Gray-Tinted Glass

    • Green-Tinted Glass

      Green-Tinted Glass

    Patterns

    • architectseries-slidingdoor-cross-grilles

      Cross

    • architectseries-slidingdoor-custom-grilles

      Custom

    • architectseries-slidingdoor-prairie-grilles

      9-Lite Prairie

    • architectseries-slidingdoor-toprow-grilles

      Top Row

    • architectseries-slidingdoor-traditional-grilles

      Traditional

    • architectseries-slidingdoor-new-england

      New England

    • architectseries-slidingdoor-14lite-prairie

      14-Lite Prairie

    Grille Profiles

    For the classic look of individual windowpanes, choose Integral Light Technology Grilles or grilles-Between-the-Glass.

    • 7/8" Integral Light Technology grille drawing with metal spacer

      7/8" Integral Light Technology with Metal Spacer

    • 1 1/4" Integral Light Technology grille drawing with metal spacer

      1-1/4" Integral Light Technology with Metal Spacer

    • 2" Integral Light Technology grille drawing with metal spacer

      2" Integral Light Technology with Metal Spacer

    • 3/4" grilles between-the-glass

      3/4" Grilles-Between-the-Glass

    Grilles

    Three grille types are available on Architect Series - Traditional windows and patio doors.

    • Integral Light Technology® Grilles are historically accurate; adhered to the exterior and interior face.
    • Grilles-Between-the-Glass are permanent aluminum grilles that are factory installed between the panes of glass to provide easy cleaning.
    insynctive app in hand with status

    Integrated Security Sensors

    Stay connected to your windows.

    Preserve beauty, add comfort and enhance home security with innovative Pella Insynctive® technology. Optional integrated sensors with time-tested wireless technology are built in and tucked away, out of sight, to preserve the beauty of Pella windows. Monitor windows while at home or away with the Pella Insynctive App.14 Sensors are installed during manufacturing and require no additional drilling. 

    Downloads & Specifications

    Architect Series - Traditional Multi-Slide Patio Door Specs & Install Details

    • Distinguished craftsmanship in designs with up to 10 stacking or pocketing panels
    • Performance class and grade R15-LC2531
    • Available in stacking, bi-parting and pocketing combinations with two to 10 panels and sizes up to 701-5/8” x 119-1/2” in 1/8” increments
    • Can be used as a small pass-through window
    • Through-stile construction and butt joinery create historically accurate proportions for authentic traditional patio door design
    Frame
    • Extruded aluminum sill tracks and sill track covers are bonded to a stainless steel sill pan with 3M VHB tape. Stainless steel track caps on which the rollers glide.
    • Sill Finish is painted solar reflective black or painted “clear” morning sky gray. 
    • Frame Depth varies from 5.92" to 22.42" depending on configuration.
    • 1-1/2" Weep Sill and Surface Mount Sill tracks run continuous length of frame width. Ramps run length of Daylight opening only (not in the pocket).
    Door panels
    • Panel stiles are LVL core with finger-jointed edge bands on both sides and veneered on both faces. Panel rails are three-ply construction, randomly fingerjointed blocks laminated with water-resistant glue and veneered on both sides.
    • Corners are secured with metal fasteners and structural adhesive.
    • Panel exterior profile is ogee and interior profile is ogee.
    • Vent panels have two adjustable ABEC 5 sealed electroplated steel ball-bearing rollers with organic coating, set on stainless steel track, standard.
    Weatherstripping
    • Mohair at heads on interior and exterior of panel.
    • Dual Durometer extruded polymer leaf weatherstrip and mohair rain screen at jambs.
    • Dual Durometer extruded polymer bulb at bottom of panels on interior and exterior.
    • Mohairs at panel interlockers.
    Hardware
    • Standard flush handle style with SmartKey Security™ Re-key technology is brass. 
    • Optional Baldwin® sliding patio door hardware styles with SmartKey Security™ Re-key technology. 
    • Multiple point lock hardware is electroplated steel with stainless steel strikes. Located on lead vent panel and fixed panel. Wood plug on fixed panel hides access to fixed panel locking hardware.
    • Stacking door with dual vent option allows traditional 'fixed’ panel to vent one panel width in the opposite direction, with matching hardware set on dual vent panel.
    • Biparting doors have an active handle set and inactive handle set in middle panels.
    • Hardware handle lock lever location from bottom of the panel to center of lock thumb turn is [Typical 40.843"] [54.843"]
    Grilles
    • Integral Light Technology® - Interior grilles are 5/8", 7/8", 1-1/4", 2" ogee profile that are solid. Interior surfaces are unfinished, ready for site finishing. Exterior grilles are extruded aluminum, finished to match door cladding. Insulating glass contains non-glare spacer between the panes of glass. Grilles are adhered to both sides of the insulating glass with VHB acrylic adhesive tape and aligned with the non-glare spacer.
    • Grilles-Between-the-Glass - Insulating glass contains 3/4" contoured aluminum grilles permanently installed between two panes of glass
    • Roomside Removable Grilles - 3/4" Regular, 1-1/4" Colonial profile, with patterns that are removable solid pine wood Grilles steel-pinned at joints and fitted to sash with steel clips and tacks. 

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    Pella® Architect Series®

    Bring your vision to life with Pella Architect Series premium wood patio doors with detailed craftsmanship and nearly endless possibilities. Both contemporary and traditional designs are backed by the best limited lifetime warranty for wood patio doors.47

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