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Bi-folding shopfronts

Fully opening frontages for cafes, bars and restaurants across the Midlands, from £5,200 plus VAT.

  • Measured on site before anything is ordered
  • Fixed written price, valid 30 days
  • Installed around your trading hours

Price this job

Free survey, no obligation.

Free survey · Fixed written price · No obligation

What you are buying

Folding the whole frontage back turns four metres of glass into four metres of open trading space. Popular with cafes and bars that want pavement seating to read as part of the room.

Nothing is ordered until you have a written price and have agreed it. The survey costs you nothing and carries no obligation — plenty of people use it simply to find out what the job would involve before they budget for it.

Lead time from approval of the drawings is typically three to four weeks, and we will tell you at survey if the section you want is on a longer run.

Tell us the address and roughly what you need and a surveyor will come out at a time that suits the business.

Common questions

Can you match the units either side of me?

On a parade where the landlord requires a consistent frontage, we work from the same section profiles and colour reference so the new unit reads as part of the row.

Do I need planning permission?

For a like-for-like replacement, usually not. You will need consent for a listed building, in a conservation area, or where you change the appearance of the frontage or add illuminated signage. We can tell you which applies at survey, though the application itself is between you and the council.

Can you work outside trading hours?

Yes. Overnight and closed-day installation is normal for units that cannot lose a trading day, and the premises are left secure at every stage of the work.

Do you replace just the glass?

Yes. Shopfront glass must be toughened or laminated and kitemarked in a critical location, so panes are ordered to the surveyed size — which means a same-day swap is rarely possible on anything large. Boarding secures the opening in the meantime.

What colours can I have?

Any RAL colour on aluminium and steel. Anthracite grey (RAL 7016) and black (RAL 9005) are the most common on high-street units, but the powder coater will match whatever your brand standard specifies.

From £5,200

Plus VAT. Final figure comes from the survey.

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What happens next

Four steps, no surprises

STEP 01

Send the details

Address, rough opening size and a photo of the frontage as it stands.

STEP 02

We measure it

Half an hour on site to record the opening, the lintel and how the units get in.

STEP 03

Written price

One itemised figure held for thirty days. Nothing ordered until you say yes.

STEP 04

Fitted and handed over

Around your trading hours, site cleared, guarantee and warranties in writing.

Find out what your frontage would cost

Free survey across the Midlands, a fixed written price, and no obligation to go ahead.

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