Living Room Doors

funkey_monkey

Hi,

We are the in process of finalising a home build and are considering addition of doors to separate the living room from the kitchen.

I am trying to figure out what is the best option for doors to be used - whether to have a single door, double doors or a tri-fold system.

The configuration issue that I have is that beside where the gap is for these doors is the door to access the kitchen/living room from the hallway.

The kitchen has one large radiator, whereas the living room as two small radiators and a small stove.

What is the best layout for internal doors - I like the idea of tri-fold - as you get the best of both worlds - open plan & segregated. However, I'm not sure about the robustness of them and whether they would be used properly.

As the floor is already in place I'd like to not disturb it as much as possible.

I'll double check the gap as I'm unsure of what width it is at present. Presently just looking for general opinions and thoughts on how to best divide an open plan layout.


Thanks.

listermint

any thought to concealed slide door ? you retain your wall space then

funkey_monkey

That was my initial choice - I think they are called pocket doors.

However I'm not sure how popular they would be with the others as they are quite traditional. Also not sure how well they would age in terms of fashionable.

My initial thought was to build a small stud wall approx 18" - 24" out from the wall with the hall door. This would allow some separation between lounge access and the hall door. Then hang the sliding door on the central wall, latching it into the stud wall.

My concern is how to mount the hall door and provide access to the lounge without there being potential for a clash/accident if persons were moving through both at the same time. My problem with the sliding door and bi-fold (apart from cost and durability) is that people are lazy and will only partially open them and try to squeeze out past them. As the rational/only option is to latch them at the wall alongside the hall access I am concerned about a potential accident.

funkey_monkey

I seen this single door and thought it looked actually quite nice.
Single Door
[URL="[url]http://www.citydoors.co.uk/images/gallery/internal-french-doors-oak/oak-easi-frame-1.jpg[/url]"]Single Door[/URL]


Double doors seem to be the standard when it comes to living room access. Our space is more than enough for 2 doors, but the side panels would be narrow - similar to this. To make it look better we could use two narrow doors in order to increase the panel width.
Double Doors
[URL="[url]http://www.citydoors.co.uk/images/gallery/internal-french-doors-oak/oak-easi-frame-2.jpg[/url]"]Double Doors - small side panels[/URL]


What I like about this bi-fold is that it can be partially opened. However I am concerned about how robust it would be to people brushing against them when passing through. Also, I can't think how I'd make it work as to avoid the hall door and the living room door interfering with each other I'd have to concertina the doors against the full wall - as opposed to against the centre wall. Also seem very expensive.
Bi Fold Door



I think you are talking about the first one in the below link, although with clear glass. I've been unable to find any with clear glass for comparison:
Sliding Pocket Door



Any further thoughts?

funkey_monkey

Sorry on my mobile and sorry that some of the links are not working. I'll fix when I get onto a laptop.