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Coat closet door

4 years ago

Hi everyone - we are replacing the door to our entryway closet. The door we have there now is a standard swing out door, and since its so close to the front door, it hits the front door when both doors are open. We are thinking doing a bi-fold door to avoid the problem and are debating between louvered or something else (thinking louvered might be good to air out the closet since it will hold sneakers and coats). Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Comments (9)

  • PRO
    4 years ago

    Is this your family entry or just for guests? I need to see the other doors in your home IMO this should match those

  • 4 years ago

    Thanks for the reply! This is our main entryway. The rest of the doors are standard flat white doors, which we will change out to paneled doors, but this door needs to be bifold so it doesnt hit the front door when opened. Do you think we should do a paneled bifold or louvered?

  • 4 years ago

    without a photo of your space its hard to know for sure. But would changing the hinges to the other side help? I have a front door and closet door very close together and they never hit one another because they swing in complete opposite directions

  • 4 years ago

    Ours is a panelled bifold, no louvers. We've never had any trouble with odours and we do keep shoes and boots in there, including wet boots in the winter on a tray. The doors get opened and closed a lot.

  • 4 years ago

    Could it open in the opposite direction?

  • 4 years ago

    Very unlikely that louvered would look better than panels. I think they are required on doors that enclose, e.g., furnaces and other air-drawing utilities, but otherwise, tropical locations only.


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  • 4 years ago

    Since you will be changing your flat doors to paneled, get a paneled bifold door for the closet. Louvered doors collect a lot of dust.

  • 4 years ago

    Great point about the dust! I didbt think of that but so true. We will get paneled. Thanks so much everyone