Hinged glass cellar floors opened by hand, with gas struts carrying the weight in both directions, so the panel lifts with little effort, holds itself open where you leave it and settles back slowly rather than dropping. Lockable as standard. No power, no wiring, nothing to go wrong. Made to your opening in our Sheffield workshop and rated to be walked on every day.
The only difference between the two hinged doors here is what you take hold of. The streamline handle is a flush, concealed lift, so nothing shows on the finished floor. The ring pull handle also sits flush but folds up to give a solid, positive grip, which is worth having on the larger sizes. Same frame, same glass, same certification.
Gas struts are the right answer up to a point, and that point is size. We make hinged doors up to 2000mm on the hinged side and 1000mm on the shorter side. Past that, or where whoever uses it would rather not lift at all, the electric version removes the effort entirely and spans to 2200mm. If you are near the top of the hinged range, it is worth pricing both.
Every door arrives as one fully assembled unit rather than a kit. The glass is already sealed into the frame, with the gas strut hinges, handle and lock fitted. It goes straight into your prepared opening.
The sizes in the dropdowns are price bands, not fixed sizes. Pick the nearest band equal to or larger than your opening in both directions, send us the actual recess dimensions, and we issue a drawing from your figures for approval. Nothing is cut until you have signed it off.
Manufacture runs 6 to 12 weeks from drawing approval depending on the options chosen, and can be shortened on DioMet Express. If one of our stock sizes happens to suit your opening, that is quicker and cheaper again.
The frame can sit on top of a finished floor, which is the easier way round, but it then stands roughly 5mm proud and that is a trip ledge. We recommend running the floor finish up to the edge of the frame instead, so the whole assembly sits flush. The frame is identical either way, so it is only a question of whether the floor is laid up to it or underneath it, and it is worth deciding before the flooring goes down.
Being straight about the limits: these are for internal, dry areas only. The frames are not watertight and not fire rated, and they are not designed as the primary access to a habitable room. Cellars, basements, wine stores, storage and lit display wells are what they are for.
Our hinged glass floor FAQ answers nineteen of these in detail, and our guide to glass wine cellar doors walks through gas strut against electric, glass thickness, non-slip and what building control asks for. These are also the product we export most: we ship them worldwide, quoted per order.
Nothing here changes the door you get. It is for whoever is writing the specification or answering building control.
This is made to order in our own Sheffield workshop, so it can just as easily be made to your dimensions instead. Send a photo and rough sizes and we will price it.
