I am adding a room addition to my house and I am trying to come up with an idea for a door to connect the new addition. The wall space I have available is about 5 feet wide and my big issue is that I do not want the door to open inwards into the existing room. If i don't have it swing that way, there will be a recess in the wall. This is because the new addition will have its own framing and the door would have to be installed on that frame in order to swing into the new space.

A pocket door would be nice, but I don't have enough room on either side of the opening for the door to slide into. One side is an exterior wall and the other side is a fireplace. I have seen tambour doors (like a roll top desk) but they all seem to roll up and down like a garage door and most are metal (designed as security devices).

Is anyone aware of a door that would slide sideways, but also bend around 90 degrees as it is opened? I can have the door move that direction into the new space and that would actually be ideal.

Any ideas on this dilemma?

thanks
Fred

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