Space-saving doors and folding doors
When it gets tight
Folding and space-saving
Sometimes there’s not much space: in passages and small rooms, pantries and angular spaces. In these places a normal hinged door takes up so much space it can get in the way or bump into a nearby wardrobe.
Rubner offers two ingenious solutions: space-saving doors and folding doors. Both systems are made to measure and can be individually designed to suit your preferences like any other Rubner door.
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Folding doors
The folding trick
Folding doors are the first option for making the most of limited spaces. Essentially they consist of two narrow door leaves installed into a normal wall opening. They are linked by a second set of hinges and than a normal hinged door.
Like any other door from Rubner these models are also made to measure at the customer’s request.
However there is one limitation: Because of the split running down the centre, certain types of glass panel, borders and reinforcements (additional layers) are not possible.
The advantages
• Saves space by using 2 separate folding leaves
• Guide rail at the top and sturdy fittings make it easy to use
• Can be locked using an integrated locking system
• Made to measure in any type of wood
• Freedom to design the door how you want it
Folding doors – a brief explanation
A fine figure
Folding doors are needed when it gets tight. But this doesn’t cramp the flexible design of the doors: The dimensions and surfaces can be adapted to the customers’ wishes.
![Individuelles Design
Falttüren kommen zum Einsatz, wo es eng wird. Das schränkt die flexible
Individuelles Design
Gestaltung der Türen aber nicht ein: Maße und Oberflächen können an die Wünsche der Kunden angepasst werden.](https://www.rubner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/falttuer-neu-01.jpg)
Don’t get unhinged!
The hinges are the most heavily stressed parts of a door – and folding doors have an additional set. This is why we only use the most stable products for this task.
![Stabile Bänder
Die Bänder ("Scharniere") sind die am meisten beanspruchten Teile einer Tür - und Falttüren haben ein zusätzliches Set. Daher verwenden wir für diese Aufgabe nur die stabilsten Produkte.](https://www.rubner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/falttuere-detail-1024x1453.jpg)
Thriftiness begins at home
A folding door takes up less space than a traditional revolving door: Red is the space needed by a folding door, grey that of a traditional internal door.
![Öffnungsradien
Eine Falttür ist weniger raumgreifend als eine traditionelle Drehtür: Rot der Platzbedarf einer Falttür, grau jener einer herkömmlichen Innentür.](https://www.rubner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/oeffnungsradius-falttuer-1024x576.jpg)
The clever alternative
A folding door is a brilliant invention: With a second line at the hinges, the opening radius is greatly reduced. This makes folding doors a perfect choice even in very constricted spaces.
![Falttüren als Raumwunder
Eine Falttür ist eine geniale Erfindung: Durch ein zweites Linie an Bändern ("Scharnieren") reduziert sich der Öffnungsradius enorm. Das empfiehlt Falttüren auch für äußerst beengte Verhältnisse.](https://www.rubner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/falttuere-1024x1448.jpg)
Space-saving doors
Master of modesty
Space-saving doors are the masters of modesty: They open without grabbing space and standing at a right angle to the wall – instead they draw back, thanks to a sophisticated 2-point system of fixing in the frame, so that they need much less space than a traditional door. And they are much more flexible in another way too: Space-saving doors don’t just open in one direction like a “normal” hinged door – they open inwards and outwards. A sensible alternative when every centimetre counts.
The advantages
• Saves space by using 2 separate folding leaves
• Guide rail at the top and sturdy fittings make it easy to use
• Can be locked using an integrated locking system
• Made to measure in any type of wood
• Freedom to design the door how you want it
Space-saving doors - a brief explanation
With the innovative ERGON fitting system, the usual pivoting centre of the door is moved so that the door leaf opens and – above all – swivels in. This prevents the door from swinging a long way out.
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Less required space
Space-saving doors open in both directions and have a much smaller opening radius than traditional revolving doors: The space marked red is what a space-saving door needs, grey is what a “normal” revolving door needs.
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The two-point turn
Space-saving doors need a special kind of attachment. The two fitting plates at the top and bottom keep the door securely in place and enable the door leaf to be swivelled inwards and outwards.
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Infinite variation possibilities
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