Space-saving doors and folding doors
When it gets tight
Folding and space-saving
Sometimes there’s not much space: in passages and small rooms, pantries and angular spaces. In these places a normal hinged door takes up so much space it can get in the way or bump into a nearby wardrobe.
Rubner offers two ingenious solutions: space-saving doors and folding doors. Both systems are made to measure and can be individually designed to suit your preferences like any other Rubner door.
Folding doors
The folding trick
Folding doors are the first option for making the most of limited spaces. Essentially they consist of two narrow door leaves installed into a normal wall opening. They are linked by a second set of hinges and than a normal hinged door.
Like any other door from Rubner these models are also made to measure at the customer’s request.
However there is one limitation: Because of the split running down the centre, certain types of glass panel, borders and reinforcements (additional layers) are not possible.
The advantages
• Saves space by using 2 separate folding leaves
• Guide rail at the top and sturdy fittings make it easy to use
• Can be locked using an integrated locking system
• Made to measure in any type of wood
• Freedom to design the door how you want it
Folding doors – a brief explanation
A fine figure
Folding doors are needed when it gets tight. But this doesn’t cramp the flexible design of the doors: The dimensions and surfaces can be adapted to the customers’ wishes.
Don’t get unhinged!
The hinges are the most heavily stressed parts of a door – and folding doors have an additional set. This is why we only use the most stable products for this task.
Thriftiness begins at home
A folding door takes up less space than a traditional revolving door: Red is the space needed by a folding door, grey that of a traditional internal door.
The clever alternative
A folding door is a brilliant invention: With a second line at the hinges, the opening radius is greatly reduced. This makes folding doors a perfect choice even in very constricted spaces.
Space-saving doors
Master of modesty
Space-saving doors are the masters of modesty: They open without grabbing space and standing at a right angle to the wall – instead they draw back, thanks to a sophisticated 2-point system of fixing in the frame, so that they need much less space than a traditional door. And they are much more flexible in another way too: Space-saving doors don’t just open in one direction like a “normal” hinged door – they open inwards and outwards. A sensible alternative when every centimetre counts.
The advantages
• Saves space by using 2 separate folding leaves
• Guide rail at the top and sturdy fittings make it easy to use
• Can be locked using an integrated locking system
• Made to measure in any type of wood
• Freedom to design the door how you want it
Space-saving doors - a brief explanation
With the innovative ERGON fitting system, the usual pivoting centre of the door is moved so that the door leaf opens and – above all – swivels in. This prevents the door from swinging a long way out.
Less required space
Space-saving doors open in both directions and have a much smaller opening radius than traditional revolving doors: The space marked red is what a space-saving door needs, grey is what a “normal” revolving door needs.
The two-point turn
Space-saving doors need a special kind of attachment. The two fitting plates at the top and bottom keep the door securely in place and enable the door leaf to be swivelled inwards and outwards.
Infinite variation possibilities
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