Glass Pocket Door Design

Pocket doors are coming back in vogue in home design. These types of doors were very popular in homes constructed in the early nineteen hundreds as a way to save space. These doors slide into the wall instead of opening and closing taking up floor space.

They are experiencing a comeback now as the current favored style is turn of the nineteenth century chic. Everything old is new again!

Where To Use

A great place to use these doors is between living spaces. They are favored between living rooms and dinning areas and as entrance doors into bedrooms. They are perfect for small spaces. You will see them as closet doors as well, leaving more floor space in the room. You can use pocket doors on virtually any entry way as a way to save much needed space.

What Kind Of Doors Can Be Used?

Any kind of doors can be used as pocket ones but typically hollow core doors are used because they are light and are easy to move. The doors move on a track that is hidden between the wall. The track can be made of metal or of plastic but the doors have to be light enough to be able to move along the track freely.

In some cases the pocket doors are quite elaborate and are made with glass inserts and other decorations on the door. It is obviously recommended though that the door remains under ten pounds to keep from having problems with moving it in and out of its pocket.

Building Them

Building them is a pretty heavy duty DIY project and really should be left up to someone with ample carpentry experience. There are some considerations that have to be made when adding these types of doors after the fact. If the wall is a load baring wall than pocket doors might not be an option. The thickness of the wall will also have to be considered when thinking about installing these type of doors.

Consulting a professional might be the only course of action if your carpentry experience is limited. You do not want to risk ripping apart a wall and being unable to get it all back together, it usually will cost you more in the long run if you have to have someone repair what you have torn asunder than it would if you just hired a professional from the beginning.

Pocket doors is the perfect solution for small spaces and are very fashionable. Call a professional to get some input before you start constructing your doors.

Pocket doors are very charming, they are seeing a resurgence in popularity lately. These types of doors were very popular with turn of the nineteenth century builders. They were used to save space and add privacy.

These doors are made to slide into the wall, saving the floor space that is needed to open and close a typical door. They were often used in apartment spaces as a means to save space but were also quite popular in homes as well.

Options

There are several options for these kinds of doors. They can be built right into the wall in the traditional manner, or they can slide behind a wall which is a more modern turn. Typically when they slide behind the wall they are used for closet spaces these are not true pocket style doors but are still referred to as the same.

With the true versions the doors were built in between to connecting layers of drywall or sheetrock. There was a track built in between the wall and the doors were connected to the track they could be pulled out for privacy or to separate two spaces or they could be slid into the wall for more space. These doors were often used to close off areas to conserve heat or to hide a sleeping area. They absolutely had a function when they were invented. Many spaces when these doors were invented had dual duty. They may have been sleeping spaces at night and living spaces during the day, so to provide privacy they were shut at night but to provide the additional space that was needed they were opened during the day.