1 door 2 doorframes??

[badgeraudio]

We are progressing our plans for a small extension.
The plan is to have a small downstairts WC next to a Utility room.
Thiis will then be next to a dining room.

The plan is to have 1 door that shuts in 2 different places.
In one position it will seperate the Utility from the dining room, giving a Utility/WC.
In the other position it will shut off the WC giving the Utility and Dining room as 1 space.

Can you understand the idea??
I have uploaded a pic:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71735021@N00/8288071636/

Should it be easy to build or do I need to caeful about anything??
I have tried looking on the net for similar things but I coul dnot think of the right technical term to search for!
Cheers

 

[Deleted member 174758]

I'd have to ask - how good are your joinery skills? Yes, it can be built, but you'll need to be extremely accurate in your joinery work

 

[Harbourwoodwork]

What happens when somebody's on the loo you want to keep the kid's in the dining room the dog in the back yard the washings finished and someones knocking at the back door that open's into the yard gets caught in the wind and knock's someone out?

 

[badgeraudio]

I'd have to ask - how good are your joinery skills? Yes, it can be built, but you'll need to be extremely accurate in your joinery work

A good question, mine are ok, but not great. But I guess if I get a carpenter in for a day he can sort it??

What happens when somebody's on the loo you want to keep the kid's in the dining room the dog in the back yard the washings finished and someones knocking at the back door that open's into the yard gets caught in the wind and knock's someone out?

Fair comment but you have to comprimise somewhere and this was our comprimise.

While it is not ideal for some, for us a family of three I think it should be fine.

 

[vv2806]

Why do you want to do this? Imagine you are having it in a WC-utility position, someone is in the loo, and someone else enters the utility from either the kitchen or the garden. I would put 2 doors.

 

[keveljay]

As stated, it could be done quite easily but you'd have to use a roller catch instead of a tubular latch as the door closes from both its front and back faces.

 

[Harbourwoodwork]

What hinging system would you use?

 

[big-all]

whilst 2 positions are a good use off a door you can only reduce flexibility quite a lot by doing so

2 doors much better