Large internal bifold doors

[Mandana]

Any ideas for this area?

 

It’s 3500 x 2300 and we’re struggling to get exactly what we want, so have to think of alternatives. 
 

We are going with Porta doors for the internals but the best they’re able to do for this space are 2 x 600 fixed panels (ending where the upright pieces of wood are placed) and 2 x 1000 double doors.
 

This room is our dining room and we wanted to be able to open the whole space up so on the occasions all our family are together the dining table can be extended into the living space with easy access around it when people are sat at the table. 
 

Any thoughts? 

[Thorfun]

following with interest and when you find a solution please can you let us know as we have a similar space between our entrance hall and kitchen/diner! ? 

[Dave Jones]

pocket doors.

 

the door each side slides into the wall, the remaining inner leafs can then be opened as normal. Means some minor studwork changes either side, half a days work for a chippy.

Edited November 24, 2020 by Dave Jones

[Mandana]

3 minutes ago, Thorfun said:

following with interest and when you find a solution please can you let us know as we have a similar space between our entrance hall and kitchen/diner! ? 

Ha! And visa versa!! 

[Mandana]

1 minute ago, Dave Jones said:

pocket doors

They won’t work in this space 

[Dave Jones]

how come ? 

[Mandana]

25 minutes ago, Dave Jones said:

how come ? 

There’s nowhere for doors that size to ‘pocket’ into! 

[Mandana]

29 minutes ago, Dave Jones said:

how come ? 

As this plan of the area shows better than I’ve explained ...

[Dave Jones]

theres a stud either side which would work, would take the majority of the door.

[Mandana]

14 minutes ago, Dave Jones said:

theres a stud either side which would work, would take the majority of the door.

How would that work when there’s only a small amount of (solid SIPs) wall either side of the 3500 opening?? ?

[Dave Jones]

talk to your chippy he will explain it better.

 

[joe90]

6 minutes ago, Mandana said:

How would that work when there’s only a small amount of (solid SIPs) wall either side of the 3500 opening?? ?

What is the depth of the sips either side of the opening?, 

[Thorfun]

I'm with @Mandana on this one and wouldn't be looking at pocket doors. from the looks of the plans the pocket wouldn't hold much of the door (assuming a single track pocket door) and bifolds would give a larger opening. although I'm happy to be corrected if there is a better solution out there. I looked in to large pocket doors and couldn't find any large ones.

 

here's the thread as there were some other good suggestions in there for you.

 

 

[Dave Jones]

the idea is not to pocket 4 doors, 1 each side and hinge the second pair open to give pretty much full width.

[joe90]

Or bi fold with 180’ hinges to fold back against the sip walls (hence my question on wall size).

[Thorfun]

1 hour ago, joe90 said:

Or bi fold with 180’ hinges to fold back against the sip walls (hence my question on wall size).

 

or potentially use the Helm tracks that @Onoff mentioned in the thread I linked above if the wall size is sufficient and it's the look they're after.

[crazy chicken lady]

Hi there.

You might have it sorted now, as I see this post was a while ago.

I had a lovely set of bespoke sliding doors from Elegant Doors in Nottingham, and they did folding doors too.

 

https://www.elegantdoors.co.uk/piazza-crittall-style-doors

[Mandana]

31 minutes ago, crazy chicken lady said:

Hi there.

You might have it sorted now, as I see this post was a while ago.

I had a lovely set of bespoke sliding doors from Elegant Doors in Nottingham, and they did folding doors too.

 

https://www.elegantdoors.co.uk/piazza-crittall-style-doors

Hello CCL!

 

Thanks for posting. We couldn’t have what we wanted so decided to leave the doors off in the end and address them at a later stage, if at all. 

I really like what you’ve shown in your pictures so will definitely look to ask them to quote if we find we’d prefer doors there. 
 

Thanks again