What to Know about Closet Door Types

Sorting among dissimilar closet door types can be tricky & even somewhat consuming for some new buyers or homeowners who are remodeling. This is especially true of door types that are not usually thought of so much but are very stylish and decorative, like the folding closet doors & bypass interior doors. Knowing the difference between these two major styles & where each is best to be used as well as discovering where you can find each for purchase is important to the entire process of choosing & using different door kinds.

Folding Closet Doors

There are umpteen sub-types of folding interior doors that are important to comprehend. Overall these door types take up a little outside space from the closet or room you are using them in to open, as they fold up together when opened. They are quite decorative with their wooden slats & so forth, but need to be thought out in terms of where you will be putting them. Remember, the door does not move completely out of the way but folds up on one side or the other of the closet opening, which can be a potential problem when reaching for something behind those folds.

Bi-fold closet doors are 1 sub-style, and include 1 split and two panels to fold together, hence the “bi.” Multi-fold doors have more than 1 jointed point and multiple panels to fold together, usually just 3 or 4, and are used for longer closets and spaces. Finally, accordion doors fall under the folding umbrella. These doors are made up of usually much more than four folds & are used for very large spaces or to separate a room in some cases. All of these kinds work by being attached to a track at the top & bottom and rolling on the track as they fold up.

Bypass Interior Doors

Bypass interior doors are just another way to say that the doors bypass one another and hide behind 1 another as they move, & that they are used for interior door purposes. An example of a bypass exterior door would be like the sliding glass doors you see moving from the inside to the outside of a patio or pool area. These doors do not take up any space in the room they are used in whatsoever because they are held in the frame of the door only, but need to still be thought through because only 1 side or the other of the closet/space can be accessed at one time.

A couple of different considerations when it comes to bypass interior doors are the different materials they can be made from. Many people opt for mirrored bypass doors, so that the closet doors double in purpose as both a interior door and two full-length mirrors for the owner’s use in getting dressed, & so on. In other parts of the nest, like bathrooms and pantries, bypass doors may be made from rough-textured or frosted glass of some sort in order to hide the contents while still using glass & having it look decorative.

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