Sliding wardrobe door companies

~Chameleon~

I'm considering having sliding wardrobe doors fitted and wondered whether anyone had ever used either of these companies and could possibly recommend one over the other, or even a different company?

http://www.doorsdirect.co.uk/

http://www.spaceslide.co.uk/index.php

I need the doors to be custom built as the standard doors you can buy at e.g. B&Q and Screwfix aren't tall enough so I would need to use spacers with those, which I'd rather avoid.

The above two companies supply doors that will fit floor to ceiling (2470mm) and appear to be very reasonably priced.

Thanks

Be_Happy

We bought sliding wardrobe doors last year at Jewson. They were made to measure by a company called Swan Robes. Took 2 weeks to arrive and were fitted by a local joiner.

~Chameleon~

Be_Happy wrote: »

We bought sliding wardrobe doors last year at Jewson. They were made to measure by a company called Swan Robes. Took 2 weeks to arrive and were fitted by a local joiner.

Thanks for the suggestion but having just taken a look at their website it seems they only do either mirrored or wood-panel doors, whereas I was actually looking at getting the coloured glass type.

dld2s

Hi, I bought made to measure doors from spaceslide around about March, delivery was quite quick, sizes were correct (phew!) fitted them myself, they seem of reasonable quality and i've not had any problems, the driver who delivered them could not have been more helpful ,I believe it is their own drivers, they say the driver is only allowed to drop off at the kerb side, but he helped me into the house with them, he was also very cheery and friendly. I would certainly buy from them again.

PS. at the time I put a search through google for spaceslide voucher numbers and found a code on the Telegraph website giving 15% discount and it saved me quite a few pounds, the code was TGPH1 but I think it is finished but it could be worthwhile trying it or putting in a search for another

woobwoobwoob

I can second what dld2 said about Spaceslide - http://www.spaceslide.co.uk/wardrobe-doors/info/

My sliding wardrobe doors were made-to-measure and fitted perfectly. Pretty cheap too.:D

~Chameleon~

Thanks to both of you, I'm pleased you recommended this company as they are the ones I'm most likely to go with. I requested some samples last week, and they arrived very promptly, and I'm pretty pleased with what I've seen so far

shown73

This won't help, really, but a couple of months ago, I decided against made to measure, because I happened to call into Homebase when they had a one-day special offer. Upshot was, I got a set of sliding mirror doors for less than half price for made to measure. Great...except that it meant fitting them myself. Whole weekend of sweat, tears. They are big, and very heavy, and unwieldy through doorways etc. Only just made it. Took six weeks to get them also. End result? Well, they look nice, and I've made a reasonable job of the spacers, etc, and the whole thing looks quite impressive, BUT.... I should have had four of the narrower doors, rather than three of the wider ones. I just went on the recommendations in the brochure, never having done it before, so we now have blind spaces, and have to install lights. Doors don't overlap enough. Moral? Leave it to the professionals, it may cost a bob or two more, but the result should be even more satisfying.

~Chameleon~

Yeah the reason I want made to measure ones is to avoid having to use those spacers, which I would have to do if I was to get "off the shelf" ones from DIY stores.

I'm still going down the self-fit route though, but will more than likely try to find a local handyman/joiner to do it for me

dld2s

The worst thing I found about the DIY approach to the made to measure job was spooking myself that I had given them the wrong measuements even though I measured the spaces I had built several times (i can be a bit of a worrier) I hadn't :¬) really it was all quite straight forward and reasonably easy, time wise it probably took about a week to prepare (in the evenings after work) and this was me taking away a part of a couple of walls and replacing a part of a wall so joinery plastering etc. was involved, probably took 2-3 hours to put the actual mirror doors on

shown73

Do be extremely careful when handling the doors. I unwrapped the first, picked it up by the edge trim, and it promptly came off in my hand! Then the lower roller fell off as I was struggling. It was a heck of a job to get it all back together, so always support underneath. They are only clipped and pushed together, seem very insecure, but once finally installed work fine, and as far as I can see couldn't fall off. My biggest worry when wheezing and sweating upstairs and round corners with the Wife's help, was twisting the door and cracking the mirror, but thankfully we made it. I don't know just how likely that would be, but any glass or mirror is pretty brittle I think. Good luck anyway, and the end result is worth it, they look great.

~Chameleon~

Hmmmm, you've just made me think about how to actually get the doors upstairs now! :think:

We have a 45 degree turn at the bottom of the stairs and often struggle taking large items upstairs as the banister gets in the way, plus the bulk head is vertical rather than sloping, so maneuvering space is limited. I might have to rethink getting 3 wide(ish) doors and go for 5 narrower ones instead. Will do some measuring up tomorrow and see