Fall Home Guide 2012
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Pocket doors
Are you fed up with the racket of doors slamming shut? Do you need more space in your home? Then you will enjoy discovering the virtues of pocket doors, which have the marvellous advantage of disappearing completely into the wall. Think of all the extra space you’ll create by no longer needing the clearance necessary for opening a hinged door. Even better, a pocket door will glide quietly into the wall, with no banging. This system is a practical and visually pleasing way to separate a bedroom and a bathroom, for example, or a dining room and a kitchen. Wherever you decide to install a pocket door, circulation will become more fluid and you’ll be able to play with space and light, especially if you choose glass doors. For practical purposes the installation of a pocket door is best done when the wall is being built, as this type of door requires a double wall to slide into. That means you will have to plan on knocking down the entire wall if it is a renovation job. If it is a supporting wall, you will have to reinforce it by building a header with two beams, because this type of door is held by a metal frame that has to be fixed between the two walls. A pocket door slides along a track at the top and a guide rail at
Three elements affect the price of a pocket door: the frame, the door itself, and the installation.
the bottom to ensure smooth operation. A stopper prevents the door coming off the rail when fully open.
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