If you are researching modern pocket doors, consider how the best manufacturers respond to grievances about pocket doors. The pocket door edge pull, needed to retrieve the door panel from its cavity, is one of those grievances. Often with unsightly visible screws, finger recession, or button-triggered pop-out rings, edge pulls have earned their place as functional elements but remained unloved from a design aesthetics standpoint.
A Push-to-Open device, a functionally equivalent element to the Push-to-Slide device commonly installed on drawers of modern European or European-style kitchens, became a norm on contemporary custom pocket doors from Angelbau. On a door, the push-to-open device allows interior designers and architects to align the edge of the door with the split door jamb of the pocket door cavity. To retrieve the door, you gently push on the edge, which activates the device and automatically rebounds the door open.
What the first-generation Push-to-Open device lacks is the soft close function. For those preferring a Soft-Close function on both sides of the sliding or pocket door, the alternative was to swap Push-to-Open with soft-close and add the recessed edge pull. But that drives you into the territory of less preferable design with less pleasant day-to-day experience.
The latest innovation in pocket door hardware resolved this design dilemma beautifully. Previously, you had to compromise, but the just-released second generation of the Push-to-Open device for our Dorsis Belport pocket doors called PushPlus combines Push-to-Slide and a gentle Soft-Close movement into a unified component. The new accessory enables damping on both sides without having to forego the push-to-slide function. A fully integrated damping gently stops the door leaf in motion when opening and closing and pulls it almost silently into the end position when closing. Like all components, the compact PushPlus damper comes already pre-installed in our trimless pocket door systems.
Our contemporary custom doors can have the PushPlus damper with 33" or wider doors, and the damper is fully compatible with modern full-height (ceiling-height) installations. Modern architects who specify Dorsis Belport doors often utilize floor-to-ceiling windows or glazed partitions to allow ample natural light to penetrate deep into interior spaces. Our full-height pocket door lends itself to the same architectural language. Belport pocket door kit can host a very tall pocket door — with the option to go up to 9' 10" (3 m) in height.
The PushPlus component is rated for doors weighing up to 179 lbs (80 kg), making it a perfect fit even for soundproof solid-core doors. And, of course, Dorsis Belport sliding pocket doors have a broad range of door leaf options — should the interior design call for a solid wood door, wood door with a glass lite, all-glass door, or aluminum framed glass door, there's always a good design option.
The top in-wall sliding doors available today from the best pocket door vendors combine advanced technical details and minimalist door design. Contact Angelbau if your project calls for custom high-end solutions and you'd like a consultation.
