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Pocket Doors
For more information on Pocket Doors, see PocketDoors.net
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Pocket doors are doors that slide back in the wall, so that you don't have to worry about the door swinging in either direction. Pocket doors can be used primarily as a space saving door, and also have growing uses as handicapped accessible doors. Any door style can be used that we can manufacture can be used a pocket door. These are both with panels, and also with glass. Due to the high quality pocket door hardware and frame kits now available from our company, in stock, there is now no reason not to install pocket doors in your home. We have available high quality ball bearing rollers that make moving a pocket door almost effortless.
All our doors can made to work with our pocket door frame kits. They are:
Raised Panel Doors
Flat Panel Doors
French Doors
On average, a pocket door can save 15-20 square feet of floor space. Pocket doors can provide the clean look of no barriers between rooms, as well as giving you the option of closing off a room for privacy. Installing a pocket door also provides easier access for wheel chairs or walkers for handicapped persons.
Pocket doors were very popular in the late 1800's through the early 1900's, in many of the victorian houses, where double doors were wanted to close off rooms, such as sitting rooms or dens. A couple of factors contributed to the demise of pocket doors at the time. The style of architecture changed, and most of the hardware companies manufacturing this hardware went out of business. For many decades in the 20th century, the pocket door hardware available most commonly, through lumber yards, was of very poor quality, and many builders and homeowners had bad experiences with pocket doors that came off the tracks back in the wall. Some companies like L.E. Johnson and others developed higher grade pocket door systems, that will hold 125 to 300 pound doors, and unlike the lower grade hardware that many people had experience with, this hardware is even better than the hardware that used to be made. With the advent of this better grade hardware, the use of pocket doors is growing again very fast, since the original reasons for its' use still exist.
In addition, we have many heavier duty pocket door pulls and locks to complement our doors and hardware.
See below how single pocket doors and double pocket doors function:
Single Pocket Door
Double Pocket Door
Pocket doors either require you to build your own frame kit, with our 100 series or 200 series hardware, or else buy one our ready made frame kits, in our 1500 series for 2 x 4 walls, 1560 series for 2 x 6 walls, or our new 2000 series for up to 300 pound doors.
In addition, we have heavy duty and economy pocket door pulls.
For other information on pocket doors see Pocket Doors.Net
