I’ve made a small problem for myself.
I’ve built a nice master bath, which includes a ‘sub bath’ with a small corner lav, bidet (women ….), and toilet.
I’ve sort of boxed myself into a corner: the position of these things means that I can’t install an in-swinging door – I have maybe 23″ and I believe the minimum door size permitted is 24″. I could install an out swinging door (the master bath is not exactly a high traffic area) except this could then ‘bump’ the main door of the bathroom.
I was wondering if I could put 2 12″ wide swinging doors. Think of 2 sections of a bifold door except with hinges on both sides.
Does this make sense? I’ve tried to find a supplier, but I don’t know what they are actually called.
Any comments/alternative would be appreciated.
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Master Bath? A bath in the Master Bedroom also called an Ensuite?
Many new homes do not have doors leading to ensuites although it is preferable to have the toilet out of the sightline of the bed. Some of the more Hedonistic customers have everything in plain view. It always suprises me when I meet these customers and they are not exactly built like models, ew!
If you do not want to take advantage of this opportunity to live a free thinking lifestyle, I suppose you could put double swing hinges on some cafe' doors. I must warn you the cheaper variety of double swings are rather loud and the expensive variety are not much better. Any local building supply should be able to aquire pairs for you.
Another option is the sliding door, or pocket door which has the advantage of allowing a wider access and is normally quieter in operation. More specifics would be welcome.
Edited 8/9/2005 9:15 pm ET by gordzco
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I've had , where space is tight, to hang the 2 halves of bifolds separately. Buy the B/Fs and another set of hardware, unscrew the hinges, and hang both doors in the track, pivotting on the standard plus add'l hardware. Trouble is, you won't have stops on the jambs - you'll hasve to figure some way to keep the doors closed (hint - magnetic catches)
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To those who know - this may be obvious. To those who don't - I hope I've helped.
Like another poster said, using halves of bi-folds would work. Seems to me though I've seen other closet or kitchen pantry doors that are a pair that swing to the middle (as far as I can tell, you don't really want "saloon doors" that swing in both directions, right?). Usually the ones I'm thinking of have slats and are thin. Maybe a kitchen cupboard supplier? Don't see why you'd need something real thick and sturdy in this application. The other idea would be use one bi-fold to cover the whole opening, but you'd have to contend with it sort of being in the way when it's folded and open.
Thanks for the ideas (I re-registered) so the name changed.
Just to explain to an earlier question, the lay out is like this:
A big master bedroom (300 sq foot) with an adjacent (en suite?) master bath (150 sq foot) with jacusi, shower, vanity. Inside this master bath is a 25 sq foot room with the toilet, etc., in it.
Call me a prude but I am not a big fan of toilets without privacy, and hence the need for the door.
In case anybody is interested I realized last night the source of my error was not calculating the thickness of the porcelain tiles and baseboard. These, along with an elongated bowl, ate up 2" of the 1" or so 'spare' room I had.
I guess I'll experiment with the split bifold.
Thanks again.