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Pocket Sliders

6 years ago

Has anyone had pocket sliding doors installed, how did you get on? What are the pros and cons? Can you offer any advice and where did you go to out of all the suppliers currently offering them? Any information would be greatly received
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Duke of Design
6 years ago
Hi Kelly, they look great ! If done right there are no cons. It really your personal preference. You can pretty much get any door you want. All you need is the sliding channels from the supplier.

Have a look at a picture of a double sliding installed by us. This door was custom made.
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FPA architects
6 years ago
Hi, I agree with Arc. They can be a great space divider, closing off a room or opening up the space with the doors out of sight. You can match the doors with those in the rest of the house too.

It is worth considering that a structural opening just over twice the desired door opening will be required for the full system to be installed. Alternatively you can fit the pocket door system on one side of a wall (in effect thickening the wall) but this will take a little space of a room. Check out Eclisse, their website is reasonably informative - http://www.eclisse.co.uk/
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We love pocket glass sliding doors and have a number of options https://goglass.co.uk/doors/sliding-glass-doors.php

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