Back again with control room problems

I've posted about this before, whether to go with a sliding patio door or a door and window between control & drum room. Patio door means more expense while door and window means non symetrical mixing position. Here's the 2 designs I've come up with still leaving me room to swing a kitten in. Room size 12' x 8'6 x 7' high I'm starting to pull my hair out. Going with the sliding door is gonna cost me about £1500 more. Going withoug....well, you can see where I'll be sitting. Please help, Alec.

Are you bulding a double wall between the control room and the live room? If not just have the door open into the live room. otherwise find the least expensive patio door you can find. I would assume with the exchange rate a $200 door here is about 400 for you?

more like £650 a door and the rooms are seperated (in the plan but a yet unbuilt) so that = 2 doors = £1300. What if the rooms weren't decoupled? I'd have to crank the monitors in the control room to mask the noise from the drum room and everything in the control room would bleed back out to the mics in the dum room? It's all cat n mouse Alec.

If the money won't "kill" you I'd do the patio dorrs fa sho!! Bryan Giles

"What if the rooms weren't decoupled? I'd have to crank the monitors in the control room to mask the noise from the drum room and everything in the control room would bleed back out to the mics in the dum room?" - Yeah, or you'd be stuck with either setting mics with headphones or doing a whole bunch of test tracks... Steve

What about using a 3'0" exterior-grade door with a full glass lite panel and centering it? Like this one: http://www.lowes.com/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=21700-1728-21700 About 1/2 the cost of a slider. Any reason this would be a no-no? Sky

Accidental double-post.

What about what Bryan suggested and have the doors open into the live room. Wouldn't be that hard to have the doors staggard some to make room for the swing. One would need to be a little larger than the other as well. I still agree with what has been said though. If it were me, I would just come up with the money. You'll probably regret it later if you don't. Ron