Patio door assembly

A patio door assembly, comprising:

• a panel including a glass unit;
• a frame including a bottom member, the panel fixedly mounted to the frame, the bottom member including a sill platform,
• a support beam being coupleable to the bottom member over the sill platform, the support beam defining a first channel between a top surface of the support beam and a platform, the support beam defining a second channel between the platform and the sill platform, a slot defined in the platform of the support beam;
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• a structural insert being insertable in an end of the support beam and positionable in the support beam such that the structural insert is configured to support a setting block for the glass unit of the panel to facilitate transferring a weight of the panel to the sill platform, the structural insert having a first portion sized to fit in the first channel, a second portion sized to fit in the second channel, and a neck portion that interconnects the first portion and the second portion, the neck portion sized to fit in the slot in the platform of the support beam.

A frame for a patio door assembly, comprising:

• a bottom member including a sill platform;
• a support beam being coupleable to the bottom member over the sill platform and configured to receive a glass unit of a fixed panel thereon, the support beam defining a first channel between a top surface of the support beam and a platform, the support beam defining a second channel between the platform and the sill platform, a slot defined in the platform of the support beam;
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• a structural insert being insertable in an end of the support beam and positionable in the support beam such that the structural insert is configured to support a setting block for the glass unit of the fixed panel to facilitate transferring a weight of the fixed panel to the sill platform, the structural insert having a first portion sized to fit in the first channel, a second portion sized to fit in the second channel, and a neck portion that interconnects the first portion and the second portion, the neck portion sized to fit in the slot in the platform of the support beam.