Knock-through and sliding/pocket doors - anyone had this done?

[kittenheels]

We're planning to knock through between our living room and our daughter's playroom, but want to be able to shut away the plastic, play-doh and princess toys in the evenings.

We love the idea of adding sliding doors as pictured (not enough space for folding ones) or pocket doors which disappear into the wall.

Has anyone had this done? I'd love to see photos and get your builder recommendations please.

[Phlox]

Great idea. I've been interested in wall disappearing type of door for ages.

[Yak]

Hi. We did this. It was in a loft conversion and so more expensive because our sliding door had to be a fire door too.

No regrets though - looks brilliant and maximises the space fantastically. We used Eclisse:

http://www.eclisse.co.uk/Products/Single-Fire-Rated-Pocket/Single-Fire

[kittenheels]

Thank you for replying! Did Eclisse carry out the building work to knock through etc?

[Yak]

Nope, we just got our builder who was doing the loft conversion to fit it. There were a few minor teething issues with the fitting if I remember correctly, but nothing serious.

PM if you would like some pics - I'm rubbish at resizing them.

[kittenheels]

Will do, thanks!

[BornAgainSELondoner]

Another enthusiastic endorsement for a sliding pocket door!

Ours is just as Yak described - an Eclisse door fitted by our builder during some other works. It caused the builder a bit of extra effort and cost us accordingly, but it's been one of the best choices we made in our renovations, maximising our limited space brilliantly.

Shout if you'd like photos of another example.