felixthekat

Hey guys. I was wondering if any of you had suggestions for a room without a door. I'm trying to find a way to put some sort of pseudo door in there. Im hoping for something that'll provide me with privacy, not like a shower curtain or something like that. I was thinking like.. sliding doors? but they seem a bit pricey. Any other suggestions?

Yumcha

So, if the room has no door, how do you get into the room...?

S14 n Tsx

I was about to say some kind of bambo screen but you said no so.. I dont know.

mrsteve

iTrader: (1)

Curtain?

Yumcha

Smart@$$ing comment from above aside, I would recommend a pocket door...that would probably allow you the best privacy and those can lock as well.

mrsteve

iTrader: (1)

Door beads if you're going for the retro look

mrsteve

iTrader: (1)

Are you looking for a permanent solution or is this a place you are renting while in college and you have a roommate (or multiple roommates) and you got stuck with the bedroom that has no door?

phile

The doorway...

crazymjb

Folding door with a ceiling track. El Cheapo...

Mike

sonnyg80

don't mind yumyum, he thinks 'outside' of the box sometimes

TCM 01 CL-S

You could always get one of those crazy ass metal pin doors, the ones that show an impression when you push up on them. I forget what they are called, I'm sure you all have played with the normal sized ones atleast once before. I saw one for sale a while ago, but it was like 400 bucks.

Eggplant-EX

Large mirror. Put said mirror on a slide so you can slide it over (much like a pocket door) and then step into the room. Slide mirror back when you are in and no one knows you are in there. If you are a perv, then make is a 1 way mirror...

Will Y.

If you are permitted to install hinges on the doorway, why not install a hollow core interior door? Measure the doorway and see if you can get a pre-fab door from Home Depot or chain store($50 or so), or salvage one from somewhere for even less $. You can use an interior bolt or latch if you don't want to install an actual door lock set.
You can always go to Oakland or SF's Chinatown and get a folding Chinese screen that will cover the doorway, but that won't cut down sound transmission.

Kikaida

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid...

felixthekat

It'll be for an apartment that we're leasing for college. I'm pretty sure the landlord won't let us install door hingest. And yea, I might be stuck with a room without a door. Seeing as I do have a girlfriend and like to study in a quiet environment, I'd kinda like my own privacy.

felixthekat

What's a pocket door? lol.

S14 n Tsx

good question... stupid dimsun!

mfkitson

If he won't let you put up any hardware then your stuck with some kind of curtain with a tension rod. You can get a sliding door fairly cheap but you'd have to put up a track for it to slide on...

Yumcha

It's essentially a sliding door but it is hidden inside the wall...

khiyal

Assuming you just need privacy, and don't have roommates who would go at length to remove your privacy, buy a wooden wardrobe, a little wider than the doorway. Remove the back cover, and use the front door as a door. Secure the wardrobe from inside the room, using small clamps on either side. You can lock it from inside. This thing weighs 165lbs and should do it:

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/store...roductId=11536

NSXNEXT

iTrader: (2)

Take measurements of the opening (height and width and thicknes off the wall). It will allow us to better determine what you can do.

JediMindTricks

my friend had the same issue. her room wasn't meant to be a bedroom...it was more like a study den. so the doorway didn't have a door.

she ended up using this folding wall/partition similar to



she got it at ikea

JJ4Short

What size/shape/whatever is the doorway? Why is there no door? Does it lead into a personal or living room? Why don't you have a door? You are strange.

JediMindTricks

at "you are strange"

cM3go

as Crazy (Mike) said, bifold door, where the track is at the top of the frame. Found fairly inexpensive at Menards

cM3go

just checked Menards' website, they have a door sale going on.

RaviNJCLs

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I agree that a pocket door would be the best way to go, but there is a lot of work involved in installing one. A lot more than installing a bi fold or something like that.

How about just installing a pre-hung door? What is the size of the opening?

cM3go

He's renting this place guys, the bifold door is the best solution for him to install and uninstall when he moves out

Black-n-Tan

I did the same thing in college. except it was a 18' wall w/ door. i just built a wall out of 2X4s, some paneling and foam insulation. built a cheap pre-hung into the wall and held the whole thing in with shims and a couple screws right around the door. worked out great and no damage to the surrounding woodwork (with the exception of two screwholes which i patched. the landlord almost shit her pants when she first saw it, but i showed her how it was held in by pressure. i think that you could def install a prehung door with shims/pressure fit, or screw some 2x4s into the door acting as a clamp around the woodwork/wall that you dont want to damage. worked out great for me. good luck

wipe0ut

buy one of these:

http://www.woodfold.com/bookcase/residential.php

Newplay1

hahahah now thats uber ghetto cloths storage for door~
or

this

http://www.bobvila.com/BVTV/HomeAgai...1507-03-1.html