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Compared with the previous swing wooden doors, the glass sliding doors in the kitchen are already very advanced, which increases the sense of transparency of the space and is convenient to open and close.
But nowadays, in order to meet people's stricter demand for kitchen design, pocket doors are gradually becoming popular, not only are they full of appearance, but also have good practicality.
has made many netizens who have learned about it say: I will learn to decorate a pocket door next time I decorate it. It’s really smart.
1. What is a pocket door?
As the name suggests, it means that the door frame has a pocket-like design that can hide the door leaf inside.
does not need to explain too much, you can understand it at a glance when you look at the picture.
2. Advantages of pocket doors?
Many people think that the biggest advantage of pocket doors is that they look good and have a sense of technology.
But in fact, for kitchen design, it has these two more practical advantages:
① can meet the needs of families who want to build an open kitchen but are afraid of oil smoke;
Especially for small apartments, the LDK design of open kitchen + living and dining room will give the 60-square-meter small apartment a feeling of 80-square-meter, but because it has pain points such as not isolating oil smoke and being unable to open natural gas, it makes people love and hate.
But after choosing a pocket door, this problem is solved. It is usually opened, with large oil smoke or closed when accepting natural gas. It is flexible and convenient and does not take up space.
②If the kitchen can only be made of a single door;
should not consider opening the door. If you don’t know what you want to open, you will encounter something and take up additional space in the aisle, which is very hindering.
Based on this, many people now make this type of single-sided sliding door, which saves relatively space, but the door is installed on the inside of the kitchen, and a narrow gap is required. It is not a perfect solution to install it on the outside.
But if you use a pocket door, there will be no similar problem. Change the wall on the side and hide the door inside, which not only ensures the appearance and saves space.
3. Where else can it be used besides the kitchen?
When the pocket door first came out, it was mainly used in the kitchen, but as it became more and more popular, its uses were also expanding, including but not limited to the following places:
① Bathroom
Most families have a small bathroom area. The ordinary method is to install a single fan swing door.
However, single-fan swing doors not only take up space when opening and closing, but may also cause problems such as bumping toilets and washing areas, which are very unfriendly to the originally small bathroom.
To solve this problem, many people have replaced it with a pocket door, which saves space and is fashionable and beautiful.
②Aisle
If you sleep easily is affected by noise and there are bedrooms on both sides of the corridor, you can also consider installing pocket doors at the entrance of the aisle. When you go to bed at night, close it to isolate the noise in the living room, hide it during the day, and do not affect walking back and forth.
③Living room
For families who want a large living room but occasionally have to meet the needs of hospitality, they can also use pocket doors to achieve it.
directly designs the pocket into an L-shaped shape, open it every day, does not affect the use of the living room, pull it up when people come, it is an independent bedroom, killing two birds with one stone.
④ Bedroom, study, cloakroom, etc.
Because the door panel material of the pocket door is also optional, both wooden and glass, so, as long as conditions allow, basically all spaces in the home can consider pocket doors, including bedroom, study, cloakroom, etc.
4. What are the precautions for construction?
pocket doors are basically hanging rail doors. Pay attention to everything from material selection to construction:
① hanging rail doors, and the tracks must be embedded in the pocket, so the quality requirements must be high enough, otherwise there will be troubles in repairs in the later stage. However, as long as you choose hardware that has passed the quality, it will not be a problem for seven or eight years to use.
② There are many types of partition walls, just choose the appropriate one. The pocket door requires carpenters to make double-sided partition walls in advance. The materials can be walls, woodworking partitions, steel frame partition wall sealing boards, etc. Which one to choose for
? Just analyze it according to the dry and wet areas. For example, it is recommended to build a wall on the inside and a woodworking board on the outside, which is more beneficial to waterproofing and can also ensure the appearance of closing.
Generally speaking, after finishing, the thickness is about 22-24cm.
③Reservation ports need to be reserved. Carpenters usually reserve one or two maintenance ports on the top of the partition wall to facilitate adjustment of the limiter, or repair them in later problems.
④ The depth of the pocket should be about 6 cm greater than the door leaf, so that the door can be completely embedded in the pocket, and it will be kept flush and look better after closing.
5. Are there any disadvantages?
At present, the general disadvantage of concern is that the inner side of the pocket is difficult to take care of, and this problem does exist, but because both sides of the gap are walls, there will not be too much dust.
Think about it the other way around, in fact, many designs are two-sided. While enjoying the advantages, you also have to endure its shortcomings. It depends on yourself, which side can you accept more?
, that’s all for this issue. Do you have any pocket doors at home? Welcome to share in the comment area~
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