Double door (for large doorway) ?

What do you guys do when you'd like a double sized door? Are sliding doors the only option? I'd like to have a door with an opening of about 1.8m leading into the live room, to allow big items to be moved in and out. But most of the time it'll just be used to walk through. I envisage a double door ("french door") where you'd use just one door most of the time, with the other one remaining bolted shut until you need to open it to move that piano. Of course, this door can't become a weak point for sound to escape through. I did a very quick sketch to try and show what I'm talking about. Obviously the doors in the sketch need seals, among other things! It's just rough to try and get the general idea across. I'd also use two of these back to back - "double-double doors"...... The sketch shows just one set. I'm starting to think this will never work - for a start I don't know how you'd open or close the doors. ;-) But someone might have a good opinion on this.

Rhino, to begin - sliding doors do NOT give you a double open door size -as a matter of fact - the door in the open position is LESS than the open width of a standard door (one standard 30 door versus a 60 slider). building a pair of double doors is not that difficult - in fact the disappearing doors shown in my book (Page 5 - figure 1.3) are just that - a pair of 30 doors insie of an airlock - meant to facilitate easy access for bands gear into the space..... You just have to think through the gasketing of the door's center the same way you work though the edges...... no magic - just a little attention to detail. Rod

Thanks for the reply Rod. I almost thought you'd directed me to the wrong page, then I saw the "invisible doors" hiding in the back! Nicely done. The situation I have in mind is a little different, in that one of the doors (left-hand door for example) would be constantly used as the main entry point. The right-hand door would be unbolted when a large doorway is needed. Having thought it through, you're right - it's just a matter of attention to detail, and working out how to seal all the edges properly. I think the diagram I posted above is on the right track. (And if I use the "super door" assembly as in your book, one set might suffice). What I can't work out is how to open the main (left-hand) door? Or how to keep it closed? A regular door handle assembly wouldn't cut it, especially as there's no jamb in the middle. Any thoughts?

Well, here's what I've come up with. This is using some ex-hospital solid core doors that have been donated to the cause. The doors with windows will be the commonly used ones, the other ones will remain bolted at top and bottom until needed. I haven't drawn the seals or the handles because I can't. :) Just use your imagination, you know where they go.

Hi there, I am looking at a similar situation myself, Nice pics, let me know if you build it any time soon as i would love to know how you got on. In the meantime if i have any weird or wonderful insights i will be sure and let you know.!!