One of the main concepts Chad Miller, our chief executive officer, wanted to focus on in our new office building was really capitalizing on natural light. We have a very open office in the new facility and there are windows everywhere.
The sales and marketing area is surrounded by large glass windows that allow us to get a glimpse of everyone as they walk by, and this helps to open up the room more. We also get one of the most fun doors in the building donning our area—the sliding glass barn door.
(I call it the barn door. It has a more technical term, I’m sure.)
(I just checked. It’s a sliding glass door. Not nearly as technical as I expected.)
Regardless, it’s a very fun door!
Allow me to showcase the next door in LockNet’s door tour, the sliding glass door.
LockNet Door Tour: Sliding Glass Door
I have to give it to Chad and his wife, Elise, when it comes to trends in the door and hardware game. They are always one step ahead, which is really nice when they’re in charge of choosing the doors and hardware for the building.
The sliding glass door we have isn’t just cool to look at; it actually has a decent amount of bells and whistles.
Keep that Square Footage
Square footage is key when you have a growing company like LockNet. Any space that’s bare now most likely won’t stay that way for long. We need all the room we can get for more desks and new employees.
That’s one of the reasons the sliding glass door was perfect for us.
We don’t lose any square footage like we would with a swinging door because the door simply slides along the wall. This is especially handy because that area is also a very popular walkway.
Locking Pull
We installed a locking pull on the sliding glass door, too. This allows us the option to change the mortise housing on the door to accommodate any sort of key system. Granted, this is an inside door that will rarely (if ever) be locked, but if someone wanted to use it in a different capacity, that option is available.
Dampens Sound
You’ll find with a lot of glass doors that soundproofing is pretty minimal. With this door though, it manages to dampen sound really well. This is especially helpful in our area because we sit next to the call center. There are times when we have several techs on the phone and we need a little bit of quiet to concentrate on our tasks at hand.
Open Position Locking
We keep the door in the open position a solid 90 percent of the time. With the ability to “lock” the door in the open position, we don’t have to worry about it randomly sliding shut on us. It can be incredibly frustrating to have a door always closing or to have to find a door stop to prop the door open. The open locking position is a nice addition that we use pretty frequently.
Especially when stuff like this happens:
Oh bless her heart, that’s Vicki. (And before you think I’m a horrible person, I got her permission before posting this.) That day we, unfortunately, hadn’t employed the open position locking feature which lead to that little gem of a video clip right there. It’s ok. She said we could all laugh.
Trust me. She’s not the only one who’s done that and on our one year anniversary I hope to have a compilation of door smacks. Stay tuned!
In the meantime, have you considered a sliding glass door in your facility? Have any questions about ours? We’ll be happy to talk to you!