Picture of full wall with slider please.

Here it is. Hard to get the whole wall but the door takes up most of it. Door slides right. Thanks for any help!!

Have you thought of something like this.

Otherwise the new take on vertical blinds is panel blinds, which I have on my patio door. Handy in the same ways, but not pesky in quite so many...

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I wouldn't think you'd want a full solid door in front of your glass door, but maybe I don't understand what you're considering.

I hadn't considered that, thank you. I like the fact that it seems to stack back to less than 24".

ACM: Thanks! I was thinking of a plantation shutter door with louvers that would be open but I get your point. Questions for you - do your panels "stack" behind each other when open? Can you see out with the panels closed? I like the look of those - more modern than what I have now, for sure!

I would do drapery panels that have a knife edge pleat so they can stack back. I have never met a by pass plantation shutter that didn't end up having issues. Keep the drapes clean and simple. They can be white like the shutters giving a clean look if need be.

Mine all stack (at the width of a single panel, which I think is 18"). You can get them in various levels of light filtering, like other blinds -- mine are blackout in the room where we watch TV -- but I'm not sure you can actually see out through any of them; the lightest are light-filtering. If you have them closed but want to see out, I don't know what other than shutters is gonna work, but do you really want them closed all the time?

branson4020: Thanks for thinking of the design issues! 25% would be less than 24" which would be ok but I just don't know if bypass systems are built that way. Bi-folds were my first thought but there's only 13" of space on the right -- sorry my picture didn't show this well.

Design Interior South: Thanks! I thought the bypass systems looked pretty simple so not a lot to go wrong but definitely don't need something that's going to have issues!

Have you considered several solar shades. They come with remote control and many lovely materials. Everything rolls up to a central trim valance. I am putting these into a home next week. On a 15’ telescoping glass wall system. We are using Smith & Noble. They have a design service that comes to your home.

Thanks for the suggestion! I was looking at solar shades and love some of the features. Have you put these in as separate shades per section or one to cover the whole thing -- just wondering about potential gaps between the shades. Do you recommend the motorized feature? Personally, I would find that really convenient if it's considered reliable.

We are putting in 4. They will join at framing of individual portions wall. With the size they have to be remote controlled. They have system where you recharge built in battery. It isn’t inexpensive. But so cool. When you have waited as long as you have. But you have to see for yourself. This client has soft contemporary look in this space. I think it is going to be great.

Design Interior South: Thanks! I thought the bypass systems looked pretty simple so not a lot to go wrong but definitely don't need something that's going to have issues!

What I have found is that people forget to close the louvers before closing them and end up damaging them. This is especially true if there safe kids in the home. Also generally they are loose on the bottom without a tracking system so they can get pulled off the upper tracking system easily. What others have said about the stack sizes are true and you will have to have a portion fo the widow covered at all times and to decrease that you would have to be willing to have a significant depth to the stack.

Thanks Houzzer's. Your comments and suggestions were a huge help. I think I found a good solution. One company has extra large wide vane verticals in solar fabric ( I know, no verticals were my mantra) that stack back to almost nothing, look like skinny panels when closed and are see-through enough to let in a view but still block the sun. Not cheap but hopefully looks good. You all helped me to identify alternatives and issues - thanks again!!

SLIDING panels for sure!

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same problem...anyone know if current header-system can be used, prefigured somehow for wider panels? what company please?

Deb: The company I am using is The Shade Store. It's their XL vertical line in a solar material. Panels are almost 10" wide so need that much depth in the window/door frame to sit flush with the wall and not stick out into the room. My current header system has to be replaced because it is broken but I would think that, at a minimum, it might have to be moved to accommodate the width of the panel.

We are doing solar shades as well; we have a large expanse of glass at the back of our house. 4 fixed panels and one slider. I haven’t decided if we are going to do battery operated. But I like the ability to control light;
Our living room will get some harsh sun so I’d like to be able to block most of it while still leaving access to the door

I would do draperies hung on the wall outside of the window recess. Have the draperies pull one way, can stack on wall leaving entire sliders exposed.