I just made an extension with my house. the extension room is 12ft in length.should i put a sliding door between the room or i just let be

as contractor said the sliding door is not suitable to put at the gap there coz the room is already small. any opinion?refer to the picture below.tqvm



added: left part is the original room without extension and the right is the extension. the red colour is the divider which previously is a wall with windows.and the gap is left after the windows is knock down

This post has been edited by noien: Sep 4 2011, 08:19 PM


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why would you need a sliding door ?

Perhaps a folding door will be better?

i need a door to separate.as i m using the extension room as a sleeping place.so air cond is installed in that room rather than the original room.the door is to prevent the cool air to go to the original room.

erm, would it be awkward is i put a door in the gap there?



p/s the top and btm in the pic is room1 and room2.

Could not really comprehend from your sketch. If the whole space is for one function, then best not to have the sliding door.

You don't provide enough info and how would you expect people to give you useful feedback? What is the intended function of the sliding door? What are the separated spaces for? Where are the doors? Windows? Traffic flow?

The diagram is not clear at all.

Perhaps drive a better picture, what the 4 square box functin are? the extention is on where?

function of the door will be?

the sliding door is to divide the original room and the extension room, this is to limit prevent the air cond air to the original room as the extension room is to used a bedroom while the original room is to use as a study room.

If the gap is only 4 ft wide, you can either put a aluminum door with black or green glass or just leave it as it is. You are not going to save that much of aircon because the other 7 ft is wall? You can also put in a top hanging sliding door as well.

You do not need aircon when you do work in your study???

If the extension room is to be use as a bedroom and the existing room as a study, then have the sliding door since you said that you want to reduce the aircon coverage when sleeping. You can have the sliding door open to allow the cool breeze from the aircon from the other room when using the study.

but if i do need aircond the 1hp aircond wont be enough

ya.good suggestion too.but wil the sliding door be awkward since the room is small

I wouldn't say that a 12' x 11' room is small. It will depends on your ID and room layout.

If cost is not an issue, you could opt to take down the wall and replace the whole opening with folding sliding door. They could be closed to create 2 separate rooms and open up to have a large room. You have flexibility

Basically meant you extended 4 feets from existing 8 feets room.
And that a gap of 4 feets between this two place than it should be a door (original plan), rights?

as u said the sliding door does cost a lot.that is y i m thinking of doing sliding door just let the gap there

Basically meant you extended 4 feets from existing 8 feets room.-no
the 4 feet originally is a window.but since i m extending, i removed the window and wat is left is the 4ft gap

If cost is a concern, then put up a timber frame sliding door.
When the door is fully open, you will not see the door as it is hidden behind the wall.

This post has been edited by kelvyn: Sep 5 2011, 09:29 PM

If door still expensive, consider a heavy curtain..

cheapest alternative

Or you can fit those pvc folding doors that
most use for the bath/toilet as those are
also very economical.

how about tempered glass door? issit going to be more expensive?