airportgirl83 wrote: » I'm currently consider buying a 1940s house with a separate living room and kitchen/dinner. I would be interested in opening the space between two rooms and inserting the pocket type door. Has anyone done that? What is the cost involved? The wall might need a laintel and there is a radiator on the wall. I'm aware the wall will be slightly thicker as a result of putting the pocket door in but that's ok, it's a neat solution.
olestoepoke wrote: » Pocket doors even if installed correctly with high quality hardware almost always give you trouble down the line and are difficult to fix once installed. I'd steer clear. Consider a barn style sliding door as they are easier to fix if they give trouble and there are some really nice ones out there.
airportgirl83 wrote: » Tbh we wouldn't be really using them very often, I'd be happy to take a chance. Looking online and they are about €1.2k, not sure how much installation would be incl. knocking down some of the wall.
olestoepoke wrote: » 1200 euro for what exactly? The doors and hardware? You can put the hardware on any doors you want. Is the opening very large? Are bespoke doors required?
airportgirl83 wrote: » For doors and mechanism. Double doors.
olestoepoke wrote: » That seems a little excessive to me. If the doors required are not specially made to fit a certain size they range from 150 to 300 per door. The hardware can be expensive for the good ones and double doors.This one is Henderson and its 540 for double doors. If the doors are standard sizes I can't see 2 doors costing 660https://murphylarkin.com/PC-Henderson-Pocket-Door-Kit-PDK
airportgirl83 wrote: » Thank you for the link. Would you know how much does it roughly cost to create an opening in the wall?.
bfclancy wrote: » Remember you will be losing 6-8 inches from one room. That's quiet a bit of space. You'll need someone to do up the new stud wall, slab it and plaster it. It's gonna run into a good few thousand euros in all.
funnyname wrote: » I think my question. Is relevant to tag onto this thread rather than posting a new one. Knocked the wall between kitchen and sitting room. Gonna put up a stud wall and double doors opening in. However now thinking of going for pocket doors instead as it would lead to a more efficient use of space. With an ordinary partition wall it will be 125mm thick so I'm wondering how much more space would I lose if I went with the pocket doors?
booooonzo wrote: » I just got one from eclisse.co.uk quality looks good but ill let you know once fitted
How did it go?
I found Eclisse pocket doors in Ireland https://pocketdoors.ie/products/single-pocket-door/ that one is 390 euro and fits a 100mm wall. Some advice given in this thread seems incorrect. It also takes any door you want so you can use your existing door.
Who installed it for you if I may ask?
My only concern is sound proofing. It seems that pocket doors are not as sound proof as a conventional door, but surely that has improved over the years I would think.
Thats not true, the frames are made for 100mm and 125mm walls.
