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Posted by Michael Bulatovich on August 3, 2007, 8:57 am
> On 30 Jul 2007, Michael Bulatovich wrote
>
>>
>>> When is it appropriate to use a pocket door?
>>>
>>> I have a corridor that will remain open 90% of the time as a
>>> corridor, but 10% of the time I may close off the corridor on
>>> both ends to form a closed off room.
>>
>> Where
>> 1) the door swing or door parking station is a problem, and
>> 2) where the wall can accept a pocket easily, and
>> 3) you need or want doors, and
>> 4) there isn't a local humidity issue (for wood doors-they can
>> warp quite a bit over time)
>>
>>> Right now it is serving this function by using two swing doors.
>>> Since I am doing some remodeling in the adjacent rooms, I
>>> thought may be I should consider using pocket doors for both to
>>> make it look cleaner when the doors are not necessary they are
>>> out of sight. Is this a proper use of a pocket door?
>>
>> As posed, this is an aesthetic question....It's up to you.
>
> -snip-
>
> There's also another solution to this problem which can work when
> the width of the door opening is the width of the corridor --
> building a recess into the wall of the corridor so that when the
> hinged door(s) swings back, it aligns with/becomes part of the
> corridor wall.
>
> I've seen that in 18th-century houses and in 1960s' designs; done
> carefully, it can make for a pleasingly elegant detail.
Yeah, but you're going to need real *craftsmen*.
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