We are creating a quiet room in a home for an child on the ASD spectrum. The wall mats are 2″ thick. The inswing door into the room is about 2.5 inches from the side wall, and it is hinged on that side. So the geometry would make it impossible to put any padding on the door and be able to open it.
If we reverse the hinging on the door, but leave it inswing, we could make it work so that the door could open to 90 degrees, but it would require leaving the casing exposed on the hinge side, which I think we would prefer not to do.
I think I see two options.
First, make the door outswing. That would make colocation of the pads not an issue. It’s not a standard thing to do, but it could be done and, I guess, undone if/when its time to sell the house.
Second (and here’s the question), is there a hinge made that would swing the door on an axis that would allow its padding to clear the wall padding, either with the hinge in the corner, or reversing the hinges?
Does that make sense, or do I need to do pictures?
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It makes sense. Wide throw hinges exist. A search should give and idea what might be available.
I've found some here a few years back. https://www.hardwaresource.com/
On second thought, these hinges would be exposed to some extent on the inside of the room. This may not be a safe enough situation.
Soss may have something in a concealed hinge, but I'm not sure.
The nice topic has been discussed here because it provides us with a lot of ideas about padded walls and adjacent doors.
You could also put the door on a barn door slider, built out so that it clears the padding on the wall.
That'd make it kinda not so quiet.
Search for "offset door hinge"
How about welding a 2" x 4 or 4.5" plate to each leaf so the hinge pin is extended to the outside plane if the padding.
Simply buy a second set of 4.5" hinges, cut off the pin holders and weld to existing units. Holes would match existing holes. All set! Most metal shops could do this.
Hinges would have to be steel. Brazed brass hinges wouldn't have a strong enough joint.
Frankie