Sliding doors.. thoughts?

[Toadster]

I am thinking about installing a sliding door between my kitchen and utility. At the minute the door opens into my kitchen (which already has a lot of doors) and I think it would look a bit bigger with a sliding door. I see they're quite popular now from pictures online but I haven't actually used one since I was a child... and that sliding door would come away from the wall at the bottom and feel quite unstable.

Does anyone have a sliding door? Does it feel flimsy as if it may fall off? Should I avoid using it in a place where it gets a lot of traffic?

Here is an example of what I would like http://www.eclisse.co.uk/barolo-barn-door-sliding-door-system/

Thanks!

 

[motorbiking]

Is it a stud wall? - Have you thought about pocket doors.

 

[Toadster]

Is it a stud wall? - Have you thought about pocket doors.

Not for this door as I’m not sure we are going to keep that wall in long term when we renovate the kitchen plus I don’t think there’d be enough room either side.

I am thinking about pocket doors for between the lounge and dining room/ between the lounge and eventual kitchen-diner at some stage. This is a little way off but would you recommend? Are they sturdy?

 

[foxhole]

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• foxhole
• 1 Oct 2017

Sliding door

Here is an example of what I would like http://www.eclisse.co.uk/barolo-barn-door-sliding-door-system/

Thanks!

Fitted one to my lounge , needs a decent space over the top of the door , easy to install .

 

[big-all]

the trouble you will have is the same number off doors but now you also need a blank wall space so less useable area

 

[magicmushroom666]

We used to have a sliding door, and there was a channel on the bottom of the door, with a pin from the floor going into it stopping the bottom moving away. That worked well to support the door and it felt nice and solid. Living with the door though we found it cumbersome and heavy to use compared to a normal hinged door so it hardly ever got closed.

 

[foxhole]

the trouble you will have is the same number off doors but now you also need a blank wall space so less useable area

How so? a door needs to open back so no space lost

 

[big-all]

How so? a door needs to open back so no space lost

all depends but anywhere between little or no wasted space at right angles up to full width at 180 degrees

 

[foxhole]

Mine just slides behind furniture.