Clever sliding door required
Discussion
TA14 said:
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.
Thanks for that. I'm not taking that wall down as there is a fitted wardrobe on the other side. Bathroom fitter coming tonight. Will ask as he'll probably know.Are you bothered by cost? Pocket doors are not cheap. I looked into a double door option and it was coming out at over £2.5K fitted, and I didn't have to move any pipework.
I'm sure there are cheaper options on pocket doors, but when you see the price of the mechanism you also need to buy the doors and pay for the labour to knock out the old walls and make good.
They are very nice though - you can get ones that slide 50:50 into the same wall if that helps? just need a thicker pocket (just like an elevator door).
I'm sure there are cheaper options on pocket doors, but when you see the price of the mechanism you also need to buy the doors and pay for the labour to knock out the old walls and make good.
They are very nice though - you can get ones that slide 50:50 into the same wall if that helps? just need a thicker pocket (just like an elevator door).
To be honest the bathroom is being changed anyway so there is mess and distruction whatever happens. We're not moving and use that room several times a day every day. If there is an expensive option that works I'll pay the extra because otherwise I'll spend the next 15-20 years until the next refit wishing I'd spent the money.
In every job I've ever had done I've quickly forgotten about the cost, but always been niggled by something I tried to save money on or didn't do because it was too much of a faff. What's that phrase? You quickly forget a high price, but always remember a bad job.
In every job I've ever had done I've quickly forgotten about the cost, but always been niggled by something I tried to save money on or didn't do because it was too much of a faff. What's that phrase? You quickly forget a high price, but always remember a bad job.
Ok, pocket door vetoed. Bathroom fitter says that he has fitted them before and if you don't build a strong enough wall and you lean on the bathroom tiles when the pocket is empty the wall flexes, the grout cracks and you get a leak. We have so little space to play with that I'm going to go with his advice.
So, in the absence of a van door mechanism I'm going to look at a folding door that opens outwards flush to the wall using a Parliament hinge. At least I'm getting somewhere.
So, in the absence of a van door mechanism I'm going to look at a folding door that opens outwards flush to the wall using a Parliament hinge. At least I'm getting somewhere.
SonicHedgeHog said:
Ok, pocket door vetoed. Bathroom fitter says that he has fitted them before and if you don't build a strong enough wall and you lean on the bathroom tiles when the pocket is empty the wall flexes, the grout cracks and you get a leak. We have so little space to play with that I'm going to go with his advice.
So, in the absence of a van door mechanism I'm going to look at a folding door that opens outwards flush to the wall using a Parliament hinge. At least I'm getting somewhere.
That depends - we lined ours with ply before the plaster/tile boardSo, in the absence of a van door mechanism I'm going to look at a folding door that opens outwards flush to the wall using a Parliament hinge. At least I'm getting somewhere.
No issues with flex, yet...
Take a look at these guys, they sell all sorts of interesting hinges and door options
https://www.hafele.co.uk
https://www.hafele.co.uk
vxsmithers said:
Are you bothered by cost? Pocket doors are not cheap. I looked into a double door option and it was coming out at over £2.5K fitted, and I didn't have to move any pipework.
I'm sure there are cheaper options on pocket doors, but when you see the price of the mechanism you also need to buy the doors and pay for the labour to knock out the old walls and make good.
I made my own. About 80 quid for the track; two 8x4 sheets of 22mm ply and some wooden studs to make the pocket and that's about it. I'm sure there are cheaper options on pocket doors, but when you see the price of the mechanism you also need to buy the doors and pay for the labour to knock out the old walls and make good.
Chester draws said:
Anyone else not able to look at the animation on that page without hearing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9_jPwzRcpY ?Fore Left said:
You need one of these
Genius!! I think https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOCDLrfwh8 would make it look far more like a dodgy dungeon room with the visible bars!!Have to say it does sound like a lot of faff for relatively little gain, but clear you are determined to find a solution....could you add a small sink elsewhere for teeth brushing?! Probably rather old fashioned nowadays.....our bedrooms had them when I grew up!
FWIW, we considered pocket doors for an extension we did 9 years ago....our architect said they didn't save much space because of the wall depth needed, and they were rather prone to operating issues down the line.....so we went with his advice. I'm sure the tech has come on somewhat, but it may boil down to how well it is fitted too, I would think.
Edited by mikeiow on Saturday 14th January 00:11
defblade said:
Anyone else not able to look at the animation on that page without hearing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9_jPwzRcpY ?
Yes, about to post something similar. The OP should go the whole hog and get the A frame as well. 
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