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URGENT! Wall getting framed, where to place hall doors?

Posted by staceyneil (My Page) on
Tue, Nov 10, 09 at 11:41

Hi folks. Sorry for the frantic request for more advice.

The hallway wall's about to be framed and I just realized the doors were drawn wrong! This is a small hallway connecting the master bedroom to the master bath, with two (very small) walk-in-closets opening off it.

Hallway is drawn at 40" wide. The hall is 64" long. Doors are 28" wide.

The doors had been drawn opening INTO the closets, which are only 5'4" x 4'6" each, and I just realized they are too small for in-swinging doors. The doors must open out into the hall.

But if they are built as drawn, opposite each other, they will hit each other if both opened at the same time. (See drawing)

Would it be better to offset the door openings (and flip one of the closet's interior layouts) and change the swing of one of the doors? Then they would not hit. But the hall would not be symmetrical...

Architect says don't worry about it, they won't bump that much. What do you think?


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RE: URGENT! Wall getting framed, where to place hall doors?

Pocket doors? It would mean either relocating the door opening over and losing shelves on the 12" side, or moving the wall where the hall way opening is into the bigger room and losing space there, but gaining even more closet space.


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RE: URGENT! Wall getting framed, where to place hall doors?

Go with 24" doors on the closet and stagger them.


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RE: URGENT! Wall getting framed, where to place hall doors?

Pocket doors!

I can use 28" pocket doors and lose the deeper shelf, but I think it makes more sense. Thank you!


 
 

 

 


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