Milnerton
Lagoon

A structurally coordinated four-panel heavy-duty Palace door, custom made for an exposed beachfront apartment and glazed for robust coastal performance.

LocationMilnerton · Cape Town

ApplicationBeachfront apartment

SystemFour-panel Palace door

EngineeringStructural coordination

Four-panel aluminium Palace door overlooking Milnerton Lagoon and the ocean — Completed installationHeavy-duty Palace door · Milnerton Lagoon

The project

Engineered for exposure.
Designed for the view.

The existing stacking door had to be replaced with a system capable of handling the scale and exposed beachfront conditions without sacrificing the ocean view.

Working with a structural engineer, D&G Window Solutions removed the existing stacking door, measured and designed the replacement, then manufactured and installed a white four-panel heavy-duty Palace system. Double-glazed clear laminated safety glass completes the broad ocean-facing elevation.

01EngineeredReplacement coordinated with a structural engineer

02ManufacturedFour-panel Palace system made to measure

03CompletedInstalled, glazed, aligned and adjusted

Purpose in every detail

Coastal demands.
Controlled detailing.

The system is visually simple, but its proportions, tracks and operating panels were selected around a demanding beachfront opening.

01 / Engineering

Designed with structural input

The replacement was coordinated with a structural engineer around the size and beachfront exposure of the opening.

02 / Configuration

Four operating panels

Only four leaves create the appearance of a more detailed multi-panel system while keeping operation practical.

03 / Glazing

Double-glazed laminated safety glass

The clear glass specification supports safety and performance while preserving the lagoon and ocean outlook.

Project photography

Our work,
in detail.

Multiple views of the completed system focus on the panel rhythm, coastal outlook and the precise threshold that allows the large door to operate as one unit.

Ocean-facing view through the four-panel Palace door in Milnerton — 01 / CompletedOcean-facing elevationThe four-panel rhythm frames the beachfront outlook without visual clutter.

Detailed glazed panel view of the Milnerton Lagoon Palace door — 02 / CompletedPanel and glazing lineA closer study of the aluminium stiles and broad clear-glass areas.

Interior end detail of the heavy-duty Palace door in Milnerton — 03 / InteriorEnd-panel resolutionThe final panel and adjoining wall resolved as a neat interior junction.

Track and threshold detail of the four-panel aluminium door — 04 / DetailA controlled thresholdThe lower frame and panel alignment brought together at floor level.

The completed result

Heavy-duty performance.
An open coastal view.

A carefully specified four-panel system that gives the apartment the openness it needs and the substance its location demands.

Discuss a coastal aluminium project

Milnerton Lagoon

Engineered for exposure. Designed for the view.

Coastal demands. Controlled detailing.