barn door style bipass doors for a closet

8 years ago

I am working on an idea for closet doors & wonder if anyone has seen anything like this used. I want to create 2 door way openings to a single closet (his & her sides) with a wall in the middle of the opening for the doors to slide to. My thought was that I would like to use the barn door style sliding doors (one mounted on the inside of the wall & the other on the outside) that would each slide towards the center wall instead of having them opening from the center out. I am not concerned about not being able to put furniture or anything on that wall. I am looking to create separation of the closet without creating separate closets entirely. The doors will be open most of the time so I like the idea that they "disappear" & don't take up floor space when not being use. I would love any links anyone has to pictures like this or pros & cons of my idea as well.

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8 years ago
Putting one on the inside may be difficult, because there will be a gap between the doors that is pretty big (5-8" depending on the wall thickness). You can put them in the same plane (inside or outside) and have them slide apart, if you have the room on the wall. If you do need bi-pass, because you can only go one direction with the wall, it still can work. Most companies that make the barn door style hardware make a bi-pass version. Some, stack the tracks, some have a double track etc. If you do that, I would recommend putting it on the outside, because the hardware is pretty expensive and decorative; hiding it inside would be a shame. If you want to hide it inside, just attach a ledger to the wall inside raised above the opening a bit and use typical bi-pass hardware on the inside. That will be really cheap and easy to do.

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