ᐅ Glass door on the ground floor between the hallway and living area – sliding or hinged?

Hello dear community,

Does anyone have experience with a glass sliding door between the hallway and the living area on the ground floor?
It will be installed next to the staircase (see floor plan).
On the other side is the kitchen with a freestanding island.
The sliding door option was chosen for space-saving reasons – but how is it in terms of sound insulation?
The house will be a solid construction, and the staircase is made of concrete.
Are there any other disadvantages of a sliding door?

Thank you very much!

Best regards,
NilsHolgersson

A sliding door generally does not provide sound insulation. There are very expensive ones that seal tightly, but as mentioned, they are quite costly.

You cannot place anything against the wall where the door slides open, and often you cannot even hang anything there. This might not be very relevant here, although a herb rack would fit nicely in that space. I would install a hinged door (opening into the hallway towards the stairs).

Tolentino schrieb:

I would install a hinged door (opening into the hallway towards the stairs).

I just stumbled over this, but you mean a right-hand door from the hallway perspective, so the door leaf, when open, rests against the wall... that’s how I would see it too. This way, the door leaf interferes the least.

In my opinion, a sliding door does not belong there. 90% of the sliding doors I know are almost always left open because opening and closing a sliding door is inconvenient and time-consuming. Therefore, I don’t think a sliding door has any place here at the main entrance to the living area...

lastdrop schrieb:

In my opinion, a sliding door doesn’t belong there. 90% of the sliding doors I know are almost always left open because opening and closing them is inconvenient and takes time. So I don’t think a sliding door has a place here at the main entrance to the living area...

I completely agree!
However, if a sliding door is absolutely necessary, I would have it slide into the wall.
In our first house, we had a pure glass door (not a sliding door) between the living area and the hallway. It did reduce noise somewhat, but not significantly—certainly not comparable to a standard interior door.

lastdrop schrieb:

In my opinion, a sliding door does not belong there. 90% of the sliding doors I know are almost always left open because it is inconvenient and time-consuming to open and close a sliding door. So, in my view, a sliding door has no place here at the main entrance to the living area...

I agree as well.

NilsHolgersson schrieb:

for space-saving reasons

Sliding doors don’t take up space in the room itself, but they either recess into the wall (with added depth) or slide in front of it... so you lose the saved space somewhere else. Sometimes it can work.
Is a door even necessary in that location?
Otherwise, yes to the hallway.