Re: What do you call this type of door ?

[Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim ,

I'm discovering a variety of names , pocket, pivot/hinge,
pivot/slide and I think I might at last have found a company called
'Accuride' who can handle the full size door type arrangement I have.  I
had a look at Woodfit  but my door is too large for those mechanisms.

Re hinging down the centre - a good suggestion and I hadn't thought
of that but it's a nice oak panel and a listed building plus I dont have
the side width if I did ... so I'll probably go for the proper mechansim
from the start.

Kevin

Jim Noble wrote:
> Kevin Hawkins wrote:
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>> I have a large wooden door that covers/conceals the front of my
Node
>> 'AV' rack.  It hinges on one side and when open will slide back
down the
>> side of the rack in a 3" gap so the door is hidden.  It uses
ball
>> bearing type slides but unfortunately they are not long enough so
the
>> edge of the door protrudes a few inches when open. This stops my
>> pivoting rack from rotating as it collides. So I need to get a
mechanism
>> for a wider door but am having great difficulty finding out what
they
>> are called.   Smaller versions are often inbuilt into TV cabinets.
>> Someone I'm sure on here is bound to know, and if they know a
supplier
>> of any larger mechanisms even better...
>>
>>
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> "Pocket doors". Try:
> http://www.woodfit.co.uk
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> Could you hinge the door in the middle so that you fold it in half
> before sliding it back into the cabinet? If your door is <1.5"
thick, it
> ought to work...
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