Sliding door completely disappears into the wall - how is this possible?

But then very few people do that – especially since you end up with a drywall again. You have to like that.

And the argument regarding durability: Is it damped in both directions at your parents' place? Because over the years that will give up the ghost.

Without it, I wouldn't worry about it either...

With always getting up it would basically be the same with us (hallway to living room), but if you're watching TV and the noise shouldn't go up to the upper floor, I would close it. Otherwise, if left open, the door would always somehow be in the way / be a nuisance.

But very few actually do that – and besides, then you have a drywall again. You just have to like that

True, I have a drywall – in my case as a doubled wall in the storage room. It really doesn’t bother me there. Personally, I am rather critical of drywall as real partition walls.

And the argument regarding durability: Are the ones at your parents damped in both directions? Because over the years that will give up the ghost

I can’t tell you how the doors at my parents’ place are damped – when they were installed I was still more concerned with underground construction work in the sandbox.

Our current sliding door is definitely damped on both sides by spring-mounted rubber buffers, which are easily accessible through the service flaps.

Regards,

Dirk

Hi,

Keep in mind with the internal sliding doors that you can’t get to the mechanism if something goes wrong...

nope, not true. Ours is built into a built-in box and the entire running track is just hooked in and then secured with some screws. So you can completely take it out and repair whatever you want.

Best regards,

Andreas

The ones that were offered to us never had that - I think that's good. But as I said, ultimately the money would have been wasted.

Better not remind me about the money with this....

But as I said, in the end the money would have been thrown away

This box wasn’t cheap, and together with the wide lintel and the actual door, this one sliding door will probably cost us something between 1500 and 2000 bucks...

From today’s perspective, we’d find a double swing door in a really bright color somehow cooler as well. But now it is as it is.

Best regards,

Andreas