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   Huck | Nov 21, 2007 05:46am | #1

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   Huck | Nov 21, 2007 05:53am | #2

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   JMadson | Nov 21, 2007 09:26am | #3

   I've got to ask...

   What's with the desk in front of the door?

    

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   Huck | Nov 21, 2007 09:55am | #4

   Homeowner designed - we just give 'em what they order.  Doors open out.  French doors are mainly to keep the grandkids out.  Door in front of cabinet remains closed most of the time, the other is the frequent usage door.

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   JohnT8 | Nov 21, 2007 07:06pm | #6

   Don't know how hard it would have been to talk them into, but I would have thought a pocket door would have worked there.

    

   Or even a wall mount from the non-desk side:

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   JDRHI | Nov 21, 2007 08:36pm | #7

   Looking at the OPs pics, it appears to me that pocket doors were not possible for this application.

   Looks like that area was pretty wide open prior to the wall and doors additions.

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   JohnT8 | Nov 21, 2007 08:41pm | #8

   I think you're right.  Looks like there might be a corner right there, so a pocket door wouldn't have worked on that side.

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   Huck | Nov 23, 2007 02:06pm | #9

   Yeah, pocket doors would have been tough.  Could have put just one in, but not two.  The R.O. was 62", used two 2'4" doors with just enough room for jamb and casing (casing was tight to the corner at both sides).

   I didn't get involved in the design on this.  Client had a firm idea of what he wanted, had drawn up his own plans (such as they were), and just wanted a price. 

   I've cut way back on adding my suggestions, as I have in the past spent a lot of time researching design options for people, only to find they seldom pay extra for them, sometimes take them and hire someone else to implement them, and almost never appreciate the extra time and legwork involved.View Image â€œGood work costs much more than poor imitation or factory product” – Charles GreeneCaliforniaRemodelingContractor.com

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   JHOLE | Nov 23, 2007 03:31pm | #10

   Ain't that the truth.Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City

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   Jim_Allen | Nov 24, 2007 04:58pm | #11

   I think it falls under the adage "No good deed goes unpunished." There's no sense offering unsolicited advice. Most likely, the guy wanted the open feeling that glass gives him but also wanted the noise reduction. I know....I'm a grandpa too. FKA Blue (eyeddevil)

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   mike_maines | Nov 21, 2007 01:57pm | #5

   That's some Fein work...

   Get it...cause the one guy's cleaning up with a...

   It's early.

   Nice work.