ᐅ Sliding door completely disappears into the wall – how is that possible?

I noticed in the Viebrockhaus 425 (virtual tour on the website) that the sliding door between the living room and hallway completely disappears into the wall. How is that possible, and how do you get the door back out of the wall?

I mean, normally at least the handle should still be visible, so the door is only pushed about 90% to the side. But here, it is fully recessed.

We would also like to do it this way— is there a special trick or system involved?

A small handle that can be flipped up, plus a “pull-back” or “keeper” for double doors.
I believe this is usually installed using drywall construction.

The sliding door retracts behind a partition wall or between drywall panels, depending on whether the wall still has a load-bearing function.

In our case, there is a small hole on the narrow side of the door where you can insert your finger to pull the door closed.

Hello,

we also have a sliding door that completely disappears into the wall.

Ours, however, is made of glass and has a handle that can also be operated from the "narrow" side. The handle is integrated into a recess at the edge of the glass panel.

This way, there is no risk of scratching the wallpaper or the door frame if you forget to fold the handle back before closing.

It looks like this:

Regards,

Dirk

Keep in mind that for interior sliding doors, you won’t be able to access the mechanism if something goes wrong...

For this reason, we decided against it and planned an exterior sliding door instead, but due to the cost, it was not implemented. It will probably stay that way for the next 20 years, because after more than a month, I can now say the door would always remain open anyway...

Sebastian79 schrieb:
Keep in mind with internal sliding doors that you won’t have access to the mechanism if something goes wrong...

That’s not entirely true for all systems.

Our door mechanism is located at the top edge of the door within the door opening area and extends down to the floor along the wall section behind the door, accessible via a service panel (similar to a roller shutter box).

Admittedly, we had this service panel wallpapered over (purely for aesthetic reasons), but in case of an issue, the mechanism can be easily reached.

After any repairs, a bit of wallpaper, paste, and paint would make the problem disappear.

At my parents’ house, there are two sliding doors that have been operating smoothly and without problems for over thirty years.

So, I’m not too worried about it.

Best regards,
Dirk