Wooden bifold door

[oldbutnotdead]

Problem- very small bathroom, you have to wriggle between the bath and the door so you can close the door.
There isn't really room for a sliding door (only 500 each side of an 800 width frame) plus I don't like sliding doors.
A bifold timber door would solve the problem but.....
1 Is there any sensible way to mitigate the risk of injury from someone sticking their fingers in the bifold hinge (this is a private house so I don't really want one of those massive bellows seen in McDs)
2 I could hinge the bifold bit either way - traditional (so the head of the slave door effectively tracks in a straight line from open to close) or reverse (so you close the master door and then close the slave door- full 180 degree swing on the slave). Bonus with reverse- can use a standard door latch, pinch risk is outside not inside. Downsides- will it feel weird to use it plus no chance of any hooks on the back of the door.
3 Given I'll be creating this masterpiece myself, is there any merit in routing the join between doors (to create an overlap) so that when door is closed there is zero way for anyone to try peeking through the join? Or am I better off just using a piano hinge?
Ta for thoughts...

 

[johnny2007]

Cut the existing door in half and fit hinges.
Nobody has ever pinched fingers in bifold doors.
It's a lot easier to pinch fingers in a normal door.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Can't you open the door outwards?

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Can't you open the door outwards?

Not really, it's onto a landing just offset from the top of the staircase so would be a bit of a hazard.

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Cut the existing door in half and fit hinges.
Nobody has ever pinched fingers in bifold doors.
It's a lot easier to pinch fingers in a normal door.

That was my original plan, ta

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Not really, it's onto a landing just offset from the top of the staircase so would be a bit of a hazard.

I doubt it, people soon adjust, familiarity and all that, bifolds are seldom pleasant to use.

 

[oldbutnotdead]

I doubt it, people soon adjust, familiarity and all that, bifolds are seldom pleasant to use.

Mmm. Not sure about that...actually it's not as bad as I thought, there'd still be about 500 clearance to the newel. Have to leave the door ajar for madam ...

 

[RandomGrinch]

Open outwards for me
Although (especially as the wall is at plasterboard stage), you could go for a slightly narrower door?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Yep open outwards, a no brainer to me.

 

[Tigercubrider]

open outwards.
or

narrower door
or
Pocket door instead of "sliding"
(same but different look)

a rough sketch of the top view would help

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Ta all. Pocket door- now there's a thought, I'd forgotten about them. There's room on the left (500 ish)....wall is a bit thin and the inside of it is decorated but still doable (plastic cladding so there's a bit of give in it )
Will ponder that while I'm doing a floor downstairs......