Mandana Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfun Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 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! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandana Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 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!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandana Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Dave Jones said: pocket doors They won’t work in this space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 how come ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandana Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 25 minutes ago, Dave Jones said: how come ? There’s nowhere for doors that size to ‘pocket’ into! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandana Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 29 minutes ago, Dave Jones said: how come ? As this plan of the area shows better than I’ve explained ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 theres a stud either side which would work, would take the majority of the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandana Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 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?? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 talk to your chippy he will explain it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 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?, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfun Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 the idea is not to pocket 4 doors, 1 each side and hinge the second pair open to give pretty much full width. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Or bi fold with 180’ hinges to fold back against the sip walls (hence my question on wall size). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfun Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy chicken lady Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandana Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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