Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Aug 10, 2015 1:54 am Hi guys, Just keen based on the below elevation/front home design, would you add doors to your theatre? Common sense to me and family seems to be that a theatre should have enclosable doors to shut out sound when you're using it... but the builder thought that the appeal was entering the home you have a big, open room to your right and it does visually feel great in a display. Not sure about practicality and the return - this is an investment property. $750 for single vs $950 for double doors... Adds the ability to use it as an enclosed 5th bedroom or some other room I guess if need be. Thoughts? Would you see better future proofing for rental and/or if you ever have to resale your investment in 10 years time if you have the doors added in on the theatre? or is it cheap to just add this in even after a house is built? http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i35/fortres/Master%20bedroom%20option%202.jpg Re: Theatre Rooms - Doors or Open? 2Aug 10, 2015 4:11 am I'd do it now. I agree with your builder - more appeal to have open, so double sliding cavity doors would work well. Also real studies (where you need to concentrate) need to be isolated and noise-free. Your 'study' is more of a problem as its in the heart of the house and I don't know how you'd add a door. In that spot/orientation it's going to end up being one of those unusable 'sitting' rooms. Re: Theatre Rooms - Doors or Open? 4Aug 10, 2015 2:54 pm Keeping in mind this is a rental/investment, would you not at most do the theatre and leave the study? I could understand is study was your personal home. I thought people would use this study as a personal home office? And therefore complete isolation wasnt entirely required? It cuts off but that wall just above the kitchen island bench is a rear activity area. Opemn, but technically could use it for study tables for kids than a tv/entertainment area. I'm abit unfamiliar with cavity slider doots. These are the visible square block ones right not the ones that are more expensive where you can't see the bracket on the outside wall as it goes into the wall?? I've seen just one slider to close off a space but what is a double s l ider? Re: Theatre Rooms - Doors or Open? 5Aug 10, 2015 3:27 pm Cavity sliders are more common with timber or steel framed construction. A cavity is made inside the wall to allow the door to slide into the adjacent wall. A double slider is just two doors, one sliding in each direction, so they open up to a large opening. Doors would be handy on the theatre if it's used as a theatre for noise control. They would allow it to be used as a bedroom, and could also help with thermal control so you don't need to heat/cool it in extreme weather. If it's just used as a more general living space with maybe a TV or kids play area, then the door isn't so important. As a rental property, you may also prefer not to encourage too many people to be living there, and so it may not be desirable to have the room usable as a bedroom. From a resale point of view, buyers wanting a door there may consider that they can add it themselves. I think the open study area could work for some people, as a place to have filing cabinets and kids to do homework etc. Re: Theatre Rooms - Doors or Open? 7Aug 11, 2015 12:20 am I'd go for maybe two 720doors in the theatre if that gap will fit them and not worry about the study. That way when the does are open you still have a reasonably wide gap. You might want a special hinge on the door on right hand side as you enter theatre so it can fold right back against wall when not in use. Re: Theatre Rooms - Doors or Open? 8Aug 11, 2015 2:06 am Beazley, why not 820 doors x 2? Yeah I like the idea of nice doors that can open widely, you'd want the open space to be visible.... gf suggested french doors as see through. These all look lovely and do the trick but I guess one thing the agent did have in his argument was that the lack of doors means less things for a tenant or kids to break.. true? aloenyx, where did you see it/me before? The builders come back and said they don't do cavity sliding doors due to too many maintenance issues down the track... now I thought in the past they said they could do the rolling doors if i wanted to shut off the ensuite instead of doors etc... so I'm not sure if he's confused? Cavity sliding doors go into the wall don't they? Whereas aren't you all referring to getting the slider doors that sit visible when you pull them back i.e. they sit like a seperate block on track and just pull over to close?? Or were all the posters above referring to cavity sliders? @onejohn - good points noted. It's all so hard sometimes trying to take into consideration the potential to resale in 5-10 years if you have to move on. the plan is 'always' to keep and hold forever and just rent it out.. so perhaps spending the least and letting tenants use it as an open theatre (Tough luck) or some sort of small entertaining room would work if it saves you $1k you wouldn't recoup in higher rent necessarily? With the double sliding doors, so basically like an alfresco with dual sliding doors, so both meet and lock together??? So by double sliders it's essentially two sliders meeting together and sliding outwards away from one another? DO these sit on a track/outside visibly, or go into the relevant wall cavities when opened? I'll clarify what the builder meant by they don't do sliding doors as being cavity versus those that sit visible and don't retract into a wall...but rather to the side/adjacent to it. Re: Theatre Rooms - Doors or Open? 9Aug 11, 2015 2:26 pm Got many cavity sliders inc double cavity , , i would extend study wall to fit 920 cavity slider and double x 820 in theatre room, with single cavity slider u losse 70-100 mm with door sticking out, this would leave nice big openings or closed if desired, works a treat. Re: Theatre Rooms - Doors or Open? 10Aug 11, 2015 3:55 pm Sorry Joker, but as previously mentioned there is no room for cavity sliders - not done by builder out of maintenance issue fears? So can't explore this option. That said anyone got a good double slider picture to illustrate what it looks like - seems to be very popular here and wouldn't mind checking out for future builds. I have the option to do a single slider (with brickwork) - of the exposed type where you have the track/little box thing exposed on the side of the wall. So it rolls to the side of the brickwork when retracted. Or I can go single hinged door and brickwork - $750, or double hinged doors for $950. I would almost certianly take the double hinged versus single for that price. I assume then I could swing open both doors and still achieve that open look? The option then to enclose the room is there? I suppose this wont bring any more rent or prospective tenants in for my rental versus not? So this is mainly a long term resale consideration?? Or do you think tenants would look at this? Probably not a deal breaker? My other consideration is - is it much cheaper, even through the builder (with their markups) to do double hinged doors now than in a few years down the track if i move in or end up trying to sell? Or is it simpel to add double hinged doors to an opening? Re: Theatre Rooms - Doors or Open? 11Aug 11, 2015 6:13 pm SaberX Beazley, why not 820 doors x 2? Yeah I like the idea of nice doors that can open widely, you'd want the open space to be visible.... gf suggested french doors as see through. These all look lovely and do the trick but I guess one thing the agent did have in his argument was that the lack of doors means less things for a tenant or kids to break.. true? aloenyx, where did you see it/me before? The builders come back and said they don't do cavity sliding doors due to too many maintenance issues down the track... now I thought in the past they said they could do the rolling doors if i wanted to shut off the ensuite instead of doors etc... so I'm not sure if he's confused? Cavity sliding doors go into the wall don't they? Whereas aren't you all referring to getting the slider doors that sit visible when you pull them back i.e. they sit like a seperate block on track and just pull over to close?? Or were all the posters above referring to cavity sliders? @onejohn - good points noted. It's all so hard sometimes trying to take into consideration the potential to resale in 5-10 years if you have to move on. the plan is 'always' to keep and hold forever and just rent it out.. so perhaps spending the least and letting tenants use it as an open theatre (Tough luck) or some sort of small entertaining room would work if it saves you $1k you wouldn't recoup in higher rent necessarily? With the double sliding doors, so basically like an alfresco with dual sliding doors, so both meet and lock together??? So by double sliders it's essentially two sliders meeting together and sliding outwards away from one another? DO these sit on a track/outside visibly, or go into the relevant wall cavities when opened? I'll clarify what the builder meant by they don't do sliding doors as being cavity versus those that sit visible and don't retract into a wall...but rather to the side/adjacent to it. Oh at this stage I think I'm stalking you I saw your board the other day about the configuration of your master/WIR/en suite. Also enjoying your facade thread Isn't building a house grand! You have to worry about so many things you never cared about before..I'm struggling to decide if I want opaque glass in the en suite window. Re: Theatre Rooms - Doors or Open? 12Aug 11, 2015 9:24 pm Hey I've just been debating the same thing for out media room, we have gone with double 720 cavity sliders ( although a bit concerned about your builder saying they have maintenance issues !) would have liked two opening double doors which I thought is what I asked for but I think I confused my builder and he did a variation for double sliders but at least it will give us more room I guess. Has anyone had any experience with these said maintenance issues? Def put some sort of doors on though I'd say then you have the option to close it off Re: Theatre Rooms - Doors or Open? 13Aug 11, 2015 10:24 pm Haha aleonyx you'll love it then as i just posted my floor plans drafted into the building a new house forum. Have a look and lemme know what you think... Need to revert to the builder with my final decision to keep contracts being rushed out for finance approval by end of month. Ensuite.. Yeah id say opaque. As in frosted privacy in that area id say! If it wasnt rental intended id love colored glass too as splashbacks etc! @nat_luke, bad luck with the mix up! Your double sliders will still allow it to be closed up though, just like if i went double hinged doors? If i could the cavity wall sounds good to open up the area as if there were no walls when you want to... Hopefull my builders wrong and you have no maintenance issues? Re: Theatre Rooms - Doors or Open? 16Aug 13, 2015 3:07 pm No worries Beazley - i went with 2 x 720s. You're right. . the drafting had 1,580 as the entrance way so I can only go 2 x 720s. It's a shame you can't choose a custom door e.g. 760 x 760s or something so your as close to that 1,580 as you want.. oh well, doesn't always work out that conveniently aye! Re: Theatre Rooms - Doors or Open? 17Aug 18, 2015 3:57 am We've got a pair of 620mm cavity sliders. So they do come in quite a few sizes. Odd size as they are fitted to the end of our entry hall -- to help control heating/cooling. And to help with aesthetics when closed, they are frosted glass. Re: Theatre Rooms - Doors or Open? 19Aug 21, 2015 10:54 am All I will say if it is a theatre room, it has doors on it. If it is a media room, then you don't need doors on it. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Theatre Rooms - Doors or Open? 20Aug 21, 2015 2:20 pm Janidbest you could extend the nib wall on the study like im doing. 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