More than likely not an original feature and added to get a larger opening long after everything was designed and built.
Not the worst solution, stuff like that can be pretty handy for cabinet doors in tight spaces...biggest issue I see is that a normal door lock won't work to secure it.
A typical privacy latch won't secure it, the bolt doesn't stick out far enough to interfere with the strike plate it's going to be pulled nearly straight way from.
The locking bolt, much like the door itself, would need to be L-shaped.
10 months ago
Anonymous
Take this L
i took the time to measure a deadbolt on my bedroom door.
the bolt is 12.5mm thick in a 13.5mm wide hole and extends 12mm into the strike plate (in the op case this gap would be zero as the door would rest on the strike.
so the deadbolt has to move out by 12mm for the absolute maximum distance it can travel horizontally which is 1mm.
the ratio of the door we can see from the floor tiles is 2.5 horizontal to 1 vertical meaning a bolt could travel 'out' 2.5mm for the 1mm gap in the strike we worked out earlier.
i suggest this would allow the door to remain locked using such a bolt.
Never said it can't be made secure, just that a standard privacy latch won't work.
Judging by the decor and expense they obviously went to to do that, and the handle with no visible latch, they probably used a cremone bolt...
Nothing wrong with that if you don't mind spending 10X what a modern bedroom door latch costs.
A flush bolt mortises flush into the edge of the inactive door on a pair of doors and won't work with a single door.
It would have to be an exposed surface bolt...you can find places calling surface bolts flush bolts online but they're two different things.
I must be using the wrong term. For French doors around here they have a top/bottom bolt that have long rods going to the handset. So the bolt itself is like in your pic, but they are actuated by the handle in the normal location.
I think it could work, like you still need to apply rotation, it's not like it's moving perfectly paralel to how the lock would to open it. It might need more length to actually matter, but I think it's possible with normal lock. And even if not who says the door needs to stay closed, most people don't need the door between living room and corridor closed ever.
It's so stupid but I think I like it. So long as it's an interior door, there's good enough joinery, and I never have to move anything large through it, it'd feel like the wacky Dr. Seuss door or something.
My biggest question is why?!? That seems like so much more effort than just cutting off the corner of the wall too and building the frame + wall above it diagonally
Ok, I realize that this is moronic but I find shit like this so charming that I would absolutely love to have something like it in my home. Those stupid little ingenious quirks to aesthetic parts of the home really do wonders for me.
How does this even happen
How high does the architect have to be
More than likely not an original feature and added to get a larger opening long after everything was designed and built.
Not the worst solution, stuff like that can be pretty handy for cabinet doors in tight spaces...biggest issue I see is that a normal door lock won't work to secure it.
sliding glass door lock, with the little hook
>a normal door lock won't work to secure it.
of course it will
A typical privacy latch won't secure it, the bolt doesn't stick out far enough to interfere with the strike plate it's going to be pulled nearly straight way from.
i beieve a bot woud secure at the ange presented
Take this L
The locking bolt, much like the door itself, would need to be L-shaped.
i took the time to measure a deadbolt on my bedroom door.
the bolt is 12.5mm thick in a 13.5mm wide hole and extends 12mm into the strike plate (in the op case this gap would be zero as the door would rest on the strike.
so the deadbolt has to move out by 12mm for the absolute maximum distance it can travel horizontally which is 1mm.
the ratio of the door we can see from the floor tiles is 2.5 horizontal to 1 vertical meaning a bolt could travel 'out' 2.5mm for the 1mm gap in the strike we worked out earlier.
i suggest this would allow the door to remain locked using such a bolt.
Doesn't even seem to be one. There's a plate for the key hole, but nothing where the bolt should be along the panel edge
Just use a vertical flush bolt setup, like they do for French doors with an active handle.
Never said it can't be made secure, just that a standard privacy latch won't work.
Judging by the decor and expense they obviously went to to do that, and the handle with no visible latch, they probably used a cremone bolt...
Nothing wrong with that if you don't mind spending 10X what a modern bedroom door latch costs.
A flush bolt mortises flush into the edge of the inactive door on a pair of doors and won't work with a single door.
It would have to be an exposed surface bolt...you can find places calling surface bolts flush bolts online but they're two different things.
I must be using the wrong term. For French doors around here they have a top/bottom bolt that have long rods going to the handset. So the bolt itself is like in your pic, but they are actuated by the handle in the normal location.
Those are usually referred to as multi point locks since they have an actual positive latching mechanism.
That is exactly what I meant. Thank you for fixing my stupid.
I think it could work, like you still need to apply rotation, it's not like it's moving perfectly paralel to how the lock would to open it. It might need more length to actually matter, but I think it's possible with normal lock. And even if not who says the door needs to stay closed, most people don't need the door between living room and corridor closed ever.
architect?
It's so stupid but I think I like it. So long as it's an interior door, there's good enough joinery, and I never have to move anything large through it, it'd feel like the wacky Dr. Seuss door or something.
My biggest question is why?!? That seems like so much more effort than just cutting off the corner of the wall too and building the frame + wall above it diagonally
With a door like that you really could have plausible deniability to how your wife got that black eye.
Ok, I realize that this is moronic but I find shit like this so charming that I would absolutely love to have something like it in my home. Those stupid little ingenious quirks to aesthetic parts of the home really do wonders for me.
>"why yes Mr architect anything you can imagine can be done!"
>"tradies and fabricators be damned!"