Pocket doors are the ultimate solution for luxury apartments. Today’s pocket door systems should be an essential consideration in luxury apartment design. Enigma pocket doors offer architects and installers a dedicated project support service – Halo Assist.

Pocket doors are the ultimate solution for luxury apartments. Here, Charlie Purdom, senior project consultant from Selo, explains why today’s pocket door systems should be an essential consideration in luxury apartment design.

Gone are the days when pocket doors required regular cleaning and lubrication, and were difficult to install. Today’s pocket door systems are not difficult to install, are available in a wide choice of designs, and offer a high-performance door solution. So, why are pocket doors such a good choice for apartment living?

Additional space

In apartments and any smaller home or room, the need to optimise the available space is key. Pocket doors are recognised space savers and allow the occupiers to use the full footprint of the rooms where they are installed.

A conventional door will need a radius of around 3 ft to open, which means around 10 sq ft of space needs to be kept free for the door to function. This is all space that could be used for something else.

Flexible use of space

By specifying pocket doors, it’s possible to join two rooms into one larger space if required. A common example of this is where the dining room and kitchen or dining room and lounge can be opened up into one large space for entertaining.

The specification of pocket doors in this way means that, if opened, pocket doors would enable people to move freely between both halves of the larger space in a way that wouldn’t be possible with conventional doors.

Design options

Although often thought of as a more modern door design that was first seen in the 1950s, pocket doors were in fact commonly used in the 1800s, illustrating that, depending on their design, they can be perfect for creating both a minimalist modern and traditional ornate design, or for refurbishing a period property.

Modern pocket door systems don’t require the floor tracks that were a feature of older pocket door designs, and can be completely invisible when they’re not in use.

Easy installation

Although the specification and installation of a pocket door system should be undertaken by a professional installer to ensure factors such as wall width and the location of internal electrics and pipework in adjacent walls are carefully considered, the installation of a modern pocket door system is a relatively quick and easy process. To ensure your project goes as smoothly as possible, we offer architects and installers a dedicated project support service – Halo Assist. Halo Assist provides expert guidance and advice at every stage of a project from design through to installation.

As a leading designer and manufacturer of pocket door systems, Selo also has a longstanding commitment to innovation and will shortly launch a revolutionary pocket door design that makes installation even easier. More information about this will be available soon on our website – www.enigmapocketdoors.com

Acoustic and fire ratings

In this regard, modern pocket door systems such as the Enigma range from Selo are completely different from their historic counterparts. All products in the Enigma range can be acoustic, and Smoke and Fire Rated to give specifiers and end users complete peace of mind with regard to noise and fire risk.

For more information about Selo’s pocket door or to discuss your project, please contact [email protected]