Clever sliding door required
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WindyCommon said:
It's a good call, and definitely less destructive that a pocket door. Thinking.......What I did with our en suite was build a cavity into the wall on one side of the doorway and have the door slide into the wall. You'd have to take the wall down to do it though, which would obviously make it a bigger job (I was starting from scratch). Our "pocket" wall is no thicker than a normal stud wall.
ETA: Or how about a bi-fold door? This sort of mechanism:
It'd still fold up against he bath, but it'd be less intrusive.
ETA: Or how about a bi-fold door? This sort of mechanism:
It'd still fold up against he bath, but it'd be less intrusive.
Edited by kambites on Friday 13th January 14:15
Having a door like an up-and-over garage door is stretching my imagination too far.
Just looking at pocket doors. You can get really slim ones. I reckon it might work. I would have to move the plumbing so I have another question. The pipe work would have to run in a channel cut out of a single skin, internal brick wall. Would cutting such a channel weaken a thin wall so much that makes it unwise to do so? The other option is to mount the shower head on the ceiling and run the pipes through the loft.
Just looking at pocket doors. You can get really slim ones. I reckon it might work. I would have to move the plumbing so I have another question. The pipe work would have to run in a channel cut out of a single skin, internal brick wall. Would cutting such a channel weaken a thin wall so much that makes it unwise to do so? The other option is to mount the shower head on the ceiling and run the pipes through the loft.
kambites said:
Couldn't a pocket door slide the other way? Into the wall opposite the toilet.
It's a brick wall, but not a supporting wall so it's possible. I hate saying no, but there is a radiator on that wall and we wanted the pipes to come out of the wall rather than the floor which wouldn't be possible with a pocket door. However, I like the lateral thinking. I'll give it some thought. I'd need to look this evening at whether we could pinch 10cm from the landing at the top of the stairs to fit the door and the pipe work.TA14 said:
kambites said:
ETA: Or how about a bi-fold door? This sort of mechanism:
It'd still fold up against he bath, but it'd be less intrusive.
Or that opening outwards.It'd still fold up against he bath, but it'd be less intrusive.
A thin, maybe glass pocket door could be the answer......looking now.
I'm sure somewhere I've seen a bifold door like the one above but with the hinges/pivots in the centre of each half of the door so that when it's open, the door ends up straddling the line of the wall (if that makes sense). In your case that'd mean it stood maybe 10cm proud each side of the wall which might be little enough to avoid problems?
SonicHedgeHog said:
TA14 said:
kambites said:
ETA: Or how about a bi-fold door? This sort of mechanism:
It'd still fold up against he bath, but it'd be less intrusive.
Or that opening outwards.It'd still fold up against he bath, but it'd be less intrusive.
A thin, maybe glass pocket door could be the answer......looking now.
kambites said:
How about two little mini pocket doors, one sliding each way. Maybe that way they wont go far enough to get in the way of the pipes. 
You may jest.... but may not be a bad idea!http://www.eclisse.co.uk/Products/Double-Pocket/Do...
Chester draws said:
kambites said:
How about two little mini pocket doors, one sliding each way. Maybe that way they wont go far enough to get in the way of the pipes.
You may jest.... but may not be a bad idea!http://www.eclisse.co.uk/Products/Double-Pocket/Do...
Another alternative - would it be possible to swap the door and radiator positions? That way the door could open against the wall.
Edited by kambites on Friday 13th January 15:03
http://www.jbkind.com/products/pocket-door-systems...
This company will do a single door, split in two with each half going into a different pocket. It would work. However, it would mean knocking down two walls and moving a light switch and extractor switch. Probably makes more sense to take out the stud wall behind the shower and put a single pocket in there.
Back to my earlier question.....structurally, can you cut a channel for pipe work out of a single brick, brick wall without any problems? If the answer is no the pipes could come through the loft into a ceiling minted shower head.
This company will do a single door, split in two with each half going into a different pocket. It would work. However, it would mean knocking down two walls and moving a light switch and extractor switch. Probably makes more sense to take out the stud wall behind the shower and put a single pocket in there.
Back to my earlier question.....structurally, can you cut a channel for pipe work out of a single brick, brick wall without any problems? If the answer is no the pipes could come through the loft into a ceiling minted shower head.
SonicHedgeHog said:
Back to my earlier question.....structurally, can you cut a channel for pipe work out of a single brick, brick wall without any problems? If the answer is no the pipes could come through the loft into a ceiling minted shower head.
Short answer is yes, Top of my head B regs is 1/3 thickness vertically and 1/6th horizontally. If you need to go deeper you'll have to fit in a steel section (which one will take some thinking) and join it to the brick each side. Since you said that the wall is not load bearing it's probably easier to replace it with a stud wall.Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff