Best when the door is a feature of the house and the budget reflects that.

The A-Series is where Andersen puts its best materials. The exterior cladding is fiberglass rather than vinyl — it expands and contracts at nearly the same rate as the glass it holds, so seals stay under less stress through the freeze-and-thaw cycle that defines a NY Metro/New Jersey winter. Inside it is wood.

It also offers eleven exterior colors against seven interiors, with the option of leaving the wood natural, unfinished or stained — comfortably the widest range of the five. For an architect-drawn extension or a full renovation where the opening is meant to be seen, that range is usually the reason to choose it.

It gets you the widest openings too — up to 189" wide and 96" high across three- and four-panel configurations — and, unusually for a door at this size, it still sizes custom in 1/8" increments.

The A-Series Patio Doors are available in one, two, three and four panel styles. The real choice on this door — same opening, same glass, what changes is how much of it you see.

A two-panel A-Series Contemporary gliding patio door seen from the deck of an orange clapboard house: dark bronze frame, narrow framing, and blinds between the glass in both panels. — A-Series Contemporary One of ours. Thinner framing — more glass with available Blinds between the Glass.

A two-panel A-Series Traditional gliding patio door seen from inside: wide, dark stained wood framing with colonial grilles, set in pale oak casing, a deck and a brick garage beyond. — A-Series Traditional Thicker, wider framing — less glass.

Both styles go well beyond two panels, and the grilles are a separate choice from the framing. The At-a-glance table below gives the full range.

A four-panel A-Series Contemporary gliding patio door seen from outside: a dark frame with grilles across all four panels, the two center panels meeting at their handles, snow on the step below. — A-Series Contemporary — four panel One of ours, four panels: the two in the middle glide past the fixed pair either side. Grilles on every panel, in the darkest exterior finish the range offers.

A three-panel A-Series Contemporary gliding patio door seen from inside a room: two narrower panels with grilles either side of a wide clear center, opening onto a deck with a table and autumn trees beyond. — A-Series Contemporary — three panel One of ours, three panels: narrower grilled panels either side of a wide clear center. The outer panels glide, the middle stays fixed.

Hero: Window District installation, June 2024, identified as this model by the owner. Every figure below is one of our own installations, identified as this model by the owner.

Full manufacturer specifications: A-Series Frenchwood® Gliding Patio Door on andersenwindows.com ↗

At a glance

Frame material: Wood protected by a fiberglass exterior
Panel styles: Traditional (wider bottom rail) or Contemporary (narrow bottom rail)
Panel configurations: 1-panel, 2-panel, 3-panel and 4-panel
Standard heights: 6'8", 6'11", 8' (96" maximum)
1-panel widths: 2'9", 3'3", 3'9", 4'3"
2-panel widths: 5', 6', 7', 8'
3- and 4-panel widths: 9'10", 11'10", 15'10"
Custom sizing: Available in 1/8" increments
Exterior colors: 11, plus natural, unfinished or stained wood
Interior colors: 7
Glass & grilles: Standard and custom grille patterns, blinds-between-the-glass
Hardware: 8 styles, up to 9 finishes
Insect screen: Gliding, retractable, or none
Warranty: Andersen limited warranty, transferable

Specifications as published by Andersen, checked 31 August 2026. Andersen may revise them — we confirm every detail against current Andersen documentation before your order is placed.

Finishes

Every A-Series finish

Exterior colors

11 choices

White
Canvas
Sandtone
Terratone
Forest Green
Prairie Grass
Red Rock
Dove Gray
Dark Bronze
Black
Cocoa Bean

Interior colors

7 choices

White
Canvas
Sandtone
Terratone
Forest Green
Dark Bronze
Black

Wood & wood finish options

Species, clear coats and stains

Pine
Maple
Oak
Unfinished
Clear coat
Honey
Cinnamon
Russet
Mocha
Espresso

Finish availability varies by product, profile and configuration, and the swatches above are photographed from a printed chart — screens shift color. Your Window District designer will confirm current Andersen specifications, and bring real samples, before anything is ordered.