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I think the takeaway is to work from the other end.

WHat is interesting is that the bearing is a £7 effort that might be in any Lazy Susan. Here is the first version of that video, with different examples:Īnd here is a video of the Scooby Doo door from Grand Designs, which is good but does not meet your need. This is one where if you don't want to say 'no' to your nearest and dearest, then you 'future facilitate' the project by having an simple opening and leaving the wall to one side clean with the suggestion that 'we do the door itself a year after we've completed the house, moved in and done the million and one other jobs that really need doing'. There is also the safety issue as well - you need to be sure than said door can't come off the mount and flatten said person in the wheelchair. So entirely doable IMO, but the devil is going to be in the detail and it is going to involve a lot of work. The sliding case will not only need to slide, carry its load but also have extra racking stiffness to say structurally sound during opening and closing.

Easy hidden door plus#

There are also lots of fun details such as the wall to the side of the case will have skirting and the door will need to clear this, plus you will have a top rail to the side that you will need to hide somehow if you want the door to be 'hidden'.

They look good on films, etc., but I suspect that making one in real life will be troublesome.Ī lot of firedoor-rated sliding door gears will be heavy duty enough to carry a light book case, but if you want it to carry non-trivial capacity then you will need a bottom rail as well or some form of casters if you are rolling over a hard surface such as tiles.