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Bathroom pocket door

The inside wall with towel bar is next to a door that swings out to the towel bar wall. (Toilet room door.).

You can put a door in anywhere or any size (not all sizes will be cheap). The questions is where the swing is. If it swings inward, it can't open all the way and the edge of the door will be in the doorframe, making the space very narrow. I'd imagine the width with the door fully open wouldn't be much bigger than the opening in your first picture.

You're going to lose at least 2 inches, if not more. That puts you under 27". The average man's shoulders are 18", so you're talking about 4.5" on either side --- at best --- assuming he has his elbows squeezed against his side. Once you get a door a little thicker, the hinges take up a bit more room, shoulders are a bit wider, you're walking sideways through the door.

If the best option is the hateful pocket door, is there better hardware to make it easier, not squeaky, and overall quieter?

What about some type of solid bifold? I’m willing to give up space in the walk-in closet on right facing in to bathroom. We never open door there.

I came across these cool doors while searching.

https://milcasastore.com/collections/magic-door-hardware

The "cool doors" you posted aren't pocket doors they slide over the wall and I'm not sure you have the space to do that at least not with the towel bar on that wall.

They have a folding door, named Compack and some pivot type doors as well. More than one kind of door in the catalog.

If we ignore the toilet door for the moment, would swing in work?

Towel bar is never used and can be removed.

" If we ignore the toilet door for the moment, would swing in work? "

Floor plan with all dimensions would help us help you.

It looks like a pocket door is the best type of door to use here. A swinging door will take up a bit more space and will actually cut down on the size of the opening itself since the door will take up a bit more space because of the thickness of the door itself. You can have someone with experience come look at your door to see if changing out hardware or adjusting the existing hardware would help with its operation.

Our 30 inch bathroom door swings in until it hits the towel bar, it would go flat against the wall without it, a 28 inch swing in door should work for you.

Have you considered removing the wall between the toilet room and the rest of the bathroom? We did that to both bathrooms in our current house and it was an improvement.

How much space do you have for an inswing door in that bathroom. Thats the most important thing. It doesnt appear you have much space for outswing, since there are other doors there.

I also understand about the awful pocket doors. I had 4 in this house, and am finally down to 2, and they will be going too. I thought, it would be this summer to get that done, but, its been too hot here to do much of anything, and now, I am way behind on everything. One of mine is on a bathroom too, and its more bother than its worth.

The towel bar wall is 41”. There is nothing blocking swing in.
This is a mirror image of the floor plan. I understand you want more detail but I have this now and can do more detail later if needed.

Nothing blocking swing in except toilet door. Someday I’d like to remove the tub and redesign.

So many doors, I would leave the pocket door and fix it or replace it so that it works properly.

Builders tend to put in the cheapest track available- often with only two wheels, there are plenty of upgraded track options for not much more money. You would need to remove the drywall on one side in order to access the screws that attach the current track to the frame. Easy for an advanced handyman.

Leave the pocket door.

I was really hoping for a creative solution. I hate that door. Thank you. (Maybe when I’m ready to remodel the bathroom?)

When someone is using the toilet, they would be shutting the door to the bathroom, so even if the main door swings in, it would be in front of that door, but, shouldnt be a huge problem, if you go in and shut the door, and then open the toilet door, or take the door off the toilet room, since its probably not necessary anyway.

How long do you think it will be until you are ready to renovate the bathroom? If it's in a couple years, I would wait to do anything re: the pocket door - because it seems like a layout change will happen when you renovate.I

We don’t have any reason to be in there at the same time and we generally use the pocket door more than the toilet door. Remodel may not change floor plan too much.

Does it have to swing in?

No, if you prefer swing out, it will work too, it just depends on if you want to block those other doors I see in your picture.

Those are sliding closet doors and we never open the one next to the pocket door on the right.