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Posted by Michael Bulatovich on August 3, 2007, 1:50 pm
> On 03 Aug 2007, Edgar wrote
>
>>> On 03 Aug 2007, Michael Bulatovich wrote
>>>
>>>>> 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*.
>>>
>>> Ta-roo -- but it's a lovely detail if you can manage it.
>>>
>>> (What? You don't do your own cabinetry work? For shame....)
>
>>
>> So where does the door knob go, or is this only for one of those
>> push/pull doors?
>
> I think the old ones I've seen either worked a hand-hold into the
> moulding or used a smallish, relatively unobtrusive knob. (The
> rear knob would fit into the recess, of course.)
You used to just tilt a proximate bust of Aristotle to operate them in
either direction.
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