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>I have a laundry closet with 5 ft bifold doors. The homeowner doesn’t feel they have enough room in the hall and would love to have doors that slid out of the way. I have done flipper doors on TV cabinets but don’t know how to do them on this scale. PS No way to do pocket doors. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Ken- Try a nice cloth shower curtain with roller rings on a shower rod. Cal
*Not sure what you mean by a "flipper" type door. Is this one that folds and is pushed straight back along the side walls of the closet? Or is it a type that folds and then the folded unit can be rotated 90 degrees back against the hall wall? Or something else? If you are talking about the "fold then rotate 90 degrees" unit, you might take a look at http://www.ezyfold.com/The traditional solution to this seems to be the "by pass" doors, which of course limit the size of the opening, although you can have multiple panel bypass doors. I have also seen tambour doors used in such a situation. An example of a horizontal one is:http://www.nationalproducts.com/although I would guess you could do a vertical one along the lines of those used in roll top desks.And then you could possibly adapt a vertical rolling door by adapting something like the roll downs at:http://www.patiosunshades.com/psproducts.htmlIn searching for doors for my hopefully soon to be built shop, I saw a company that advertised vertical bi-fold doors. You could adapt something like that except for the folded edge hitting you in the face each time you opened it up...Or do the shower curtain bit. As a college student, I had an apartment that used this approach and the plastic curtain fit right in with the rest of the decor...
*Hi Ken - the only companies making this hardware set for full-height doors is Haefele and/or Hawa - you can find them by clicking on these hot links or by contacting a distributor.Cost for the pair for hardware w/b $1,000 - $1,500. Hope you really want to do it.Jeff
*Johnson Brothers has has bifold hardware that will allow the door to fold flat againts the waill. I have not looked at it in detail, but I think that it is similar to the Ezfold, but it is designed for full size doors.
*Jeff has what I was gonna tell you about. It's the only system we've used on large doors that work worth a flip.Get it? "Flip" you know, flipper doors?Sorry, it's Friday.Ed.
*How about suggesting a blind she can raise and lower, not metal, but maybe wooden, or fabric, as in Roman blinds. Depending on the look she wants.
*Ken,Jeff is right. About the price, too. The only thing he missed is the price of the doors and the labor. You have to buy custom laid-up doors with wide stiles and enlarged top and bottom rails. The mortising is considerable. We did three pairs in a library, to hide the computer and office equipment. It took almost a week.Gary
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>I have a laundry closet with 5 ft bifold doors. The homeowner doesn't feel they have enough room in the hall and would love to have doors that slid out of the way. I have done flipper doors on TV cabinets but don't know how to do them on this scale. PS No way to do pocket doors. Any help would be greatly appreciated.