Greg Guarino wrote:

My family was recently in Quebec City. We stayed in a nice hotel that
we've been to several times. They have apparently just done some
remodeling; a very sleek and modern look that was acceptable for the most
part. The one oddity was that the door to the bathroom slid on a track.
It wasn't a pocket door; the track and the door were entirely outside the
door frame on the "main room" side. This did not appear to be to save
space; the bathroom was of generous proportions and could easily have
accommodated the swing of a door.

The main function of a bathroom door is to afford a sense of visual and
aural privacy. The 3/4" gap between the wall and the door detracted from
that. Now the door probably overlapped the frame by 2" on each side, so
you'd have to be pretty determined (and lucky) to catch a glimpse of
someone inside, but you could hear sound with no effort at all.

Built a custom home a few years back and the clients insisted on a sliding
barn door track for the Master BR. Now that they have a child, wonder how
that's working out?

Just yesterday went to measure up a prospective job for a bid, damned if
one of the items wasn't refitting hinged, double 8' doors to slide on barn
door tracks, in a home office,

Must be something in the water...

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