Dear James: Our swinging doors use a lot of wall space when open. Our house is small, so we want to install sliding or folding doors. Which design is better and how are they installed? - Marcia L.

Jack Roberts put up $810 almost 30 years ago to buy the patents on a folding shower door whose inventor had been unable to capitalize on the product. After a year of refining the design and removing ...

Accordion-style folding doors were revolutionary in the 1950s because they were an effective way to create new uses for existing spaces. But the concept for folding panel doors can be found as early ...