Hidden Pocket Sliding Doors

Transform an entire façade into a seamless indoor-outdoor living space with external hidden pocket sliding doors. The minimal windows® sliding glass doors can be engineered to slide completely into concealed pockets within external walls, or stack discreetly along the internal or external face of a building. This creates expansive openings with minimal visible structure.

Hidden pocket door configurations can be designed as single-panel, multi-panel, or bi-parting systems, with sliding glass panels disappearing into pockets on one or both sides of the opening. For corner applications, the doors can slide away from a frameless corner junction and retract fully into concealed cavities, creating a completely open corner and an uninterrupted connection to the outdoors.

External pocket doors offer numerous benefits, including:

  • A fully open aperture with no stacked panels obstructing the opening
  • Flush threshold details for seamless transitions between inside and outside spaces
  • Concealed framing for a clean, minimalist appearance
  • Enhanced natural light and uninterrupted views
  • Flexible configurations for large architectural openings

When the doors are fully open, a specially designed sealing cap closes the pocket cavity, helping to protect the system from weather ingress while maintaining thermal performance and insulation.

To learn more about design options, technical detailing, and performance considerations, read our comprehensive guide to external pocket doors.

A great example of this technology can be seen in our Cranley Gardens, Waldegrave, Brixton House & Malbrook Road case studies where a hidden pocket sliding door system creates a striking connection between the home and garden.

For more information or to discuss your project requirements, contact our team today.

Single cavity hidden pocket doors

Single cavity hidden pocket doors

Single cavity pocket doors are great for smaller openings, allowing full opening through the lesser aperture. Here you can slide open the entire door opening for a nearly identical design appearance when the doors are open and closed.

Unlimited numbers of panels can be slid into hidden pockets within walls with 60mm of depth required for each panel being hidden away. If there is insufficient space for sliding doors to be hidden away within walls it can be possible to slide the frameless concealed sliding doors onto the internal face of a solid wall to allow for a fully open aperture.

Why not mix a pocket door kit and open corner? The sliding glass doors that go into the wall can open away from a corner connection and then slide away into hidden cavity pockets within the walls for an invisible, disappearing sliding door

Read more about our bespoke sliding doors.

Juliette Balconies With Hidden Pocket Doors

Juliette Balconies With Hidden Pocket Doors

Maintain minimal framing and large glass facades on upper floors with an invisible Juliette Balcony detail. A frameless glass balustrade can be invisibly integrated into the tracks of the minimal windows® sliding doors allowing doors to be opened on higher levels. Alternatively, a frameless glass balustrade can be installed just inside the sliding glass pocket doors or attached to the exterior of the building. When the door is open and hidden within the wall cavity, this leaves a completely clear structural opening for maximum ventilation whilst maintaining a good level of safety. Read more about Frameless Juliette Balconies.

Open Corner Sliding Pocket Door

Open Corner Sliding Pocket Door

Open, frameless corners are the epitome of the indoor-outdoor design trend. minimal windows® sliding doors can be easily designed to slide away from a meeting corner connection leaving no frame, or posts in the way.

When hidden pocket doors are specified in an open corner configuration, as seen in our Malbrook Road project to the right, this allows the rooms to be completely opened up and merged with the outdoor space. 

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Looking at the open aperture, the hidden pocket door kits are completely concealed within the building finishes for a modern and minimal design. This is enhanced by the completely flush threshold of our sliding door systems. 

These hidden pocket doors can be specified with a flush threshold that is certified for barrier free access, allowing for truly step free transitions between the interior and exterior living spaces. 

Read more about Open Corner Sliding Doors.

For more information on sliding pocket doors, contact the team today.

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