Choosing right the type of wardrobe to install in your home requires significant consideration.
Furniture items like wardrobes can be costly, and you’ll want to get your choice right the first time, which means taking into consideration a variety of issues including maximising space, minimising costs, and ensuring the option you choose provides you with the best use of space.
Fortunately, you can find comprehensive information about the benefits of a sliding wardrobe compared to the problem you can encounter with classic hinged door wardrobes. All of which will help you make an informed decision for your home.
Reasons to choose sliding door wardrobe over hinged doors.
Product: Miami Sliding Door Wardrobe
There are many reasons to choose a sliding door wardrobe over hinged door models, and you will find some of the most convincing below:
Space Savers:
Sliding wardrobe doors are great space savers. This is because they do not require clearance space for the doors to be open, as they just slide across to the other side of the wardrobe instead.
Minimal, modern, customisable aesthetics:
Another reason to choose sliding wardrobe doors over their hinged counterparts is that they fit the minimal, modern aesthetic that is so popular right now. Sliding wardrobe doors are sleek and modern and a far cry from the many fussy and dated hinge door wardrobe options on the market.
Wardrobes with sliding doors are also easily customisable and come in 2 door wardrobe options and 3 door wardrobe options. They also come with a wide range of internal and external options including mirrored doors and coloured glass, which can help you create both a practical storage space and one that fits in with your unique aesthetic needs.
Sustainable:
While hinged doors are often crafted from resources that are particularly limited like wood, sliding wardrobe doors can be made from glass, steel, and aluminium which can be sourced from recycled stocks. This means that not only are sliding doors made from more eco-friendly materials, but any waste created during the manufacturing process is more easily recycled too.
Use of mirrors:
It just makes sense to have a mirror in the door of your wardrobe. It's where you get dressed each morning after all. However, installing a mirror in the doors of a hinged wardrobe is tricky, time-consuming and expensive. This is not the case when it comes to sliding mirrored wardrobes however, it is easy to integrate a mirror into the door design.
Product: Black Sliding Wardrobe
No door width limit:
While sliding wardrobes are ideal for smaller spaces because of this, they also work well in large spaces because as they have no hinges larger doors (over 600mm) can be installed, so there is no limit to the space in which they can be used.
Easy to use:
Sliding door wardrobes are much easy to use daily. This is because they do not require the user to move heavy doors each time, they need something from inside. Instead, they can allow the wardrobe to do the work for them and simply slide the door aside, something that makes them ideal for those with mobility issues.
Self cleaning tracks:
No one likes spending their free time cleaning all the nooks and crannies of their home and sliding door tracks tend to be at the bottom of most people’s priority lists. The good news is that our sliding doors come with smooth runner tracks that clean themselves each time they are used, which means one less home-based cleaning job you’ll need to worry about.
Floor-to-ceiling storage space:
Sliding wardrobes also win out over hinged wardrobes because of the former offer floor-to-ceiling storage space. That means you get no waste space as you do on top of hinged door wardrobes, and you get the benefit of cleaner lines in your room as well.
Boost your property’s value:
Wardrobes with sliding doors are unquestionably the most popular option when it comes to impressing potential buyers for your home. Indeed, their benefits are so well known that just having fitted sliding wardrobes can help boost your property value.
Maximize storage space:
Another reason to invest in a sliding wardrobe is that not only do they make use of the space in your room in a much more efficient manner, but they also offer more and better organised internal space, meaning you can store more, and make use of otherwise unused space much more effectively.
You can also customise the setup of the internal storage space so it perfectly meets your needs, which makes staying organised so much easier.
Easy, cost-efficient instillation:
One of the most convincing reasons to choose a wardrobe with sliding doors over one with hinged doors has to be that they are far easy and cheaper to install.
Indeed, if you are planning on DIYing your wardrobe door installation, sliding doors are a much better option.
No hassle Assembly:
Choosing sliding wardrobe doors is a fast and hassle-free process. You dont need to think about which way the open/close, how many hinges come with the wardrobe and how strong and durable they are to hold the doors. Not just that but the assembly is much easier with sliding doors, you simple slot them in on the tracks and let them glide away. Where hinged doors take a lot of hassle in aligning the hinges and screwing them together.
Robust and resistant to damage:
Since sliding wardrobe doors don't need to open outwards, they stay functional for much longer. This is because a great deal of pressure is placed on the hinges of hinged doors, over time, which eventually causes them to loosen, and in some cases fall off, while also damaging the framework of the wardrobe.
Reasons you should think twice before investing in hinged wardrobe doors.
Product: Bi-folding Hinged/Sliding Door Wardrobe
It's always good to think twice when it comes to making a big purchase for your home, and this is certainly true when concerning wardrobes with hinged doors. Indeed, there are some significant issues with this type of wardrobe that you should be aware of before making your final decision.
Increased cost compared to sliding doors:
First of all, wardrobes with hinged doors can cost a great deal more than their sliding door counterparts. This is because they incur higher manufacturing and fitting costs, particularly if they need to be customised to a particular space.
Not always sustainable:
Also, because wardrobes with hinged doors tend to be built from wood and wooden materials, they are inherently less sustainable than wardrobes with sliding doors. This is because more waste is created when harvesting these materials as well as in the manufacturing process.
Challenging instillation:
Suspending wardrobe doors on hinges so they are perfectly balanced is not an easy task. This means unlike when installing wardrobes with sliding doors, you will need to be a confident DIYer or will need some outside help.
Take up more room space:
Hinged doors require plenty of space to be able to open correctly. This means you will not only use up space in placing this type of wardrobe, but you will have to keep this additional space free at all times for door clearance to use them properly.
Limited door width:
Since hinged wardrobe doors have hinges, their width is limited to 600mm. Otherwise, the weight placed on the hinges will overwhelm them and they can brake. That means you can’t opt for a large wardrobe, as you will be limited to hinged doors that are 600mm or smaller if you choose this option.
The Long process of choosing hinged door wardrobe:
The way that the buying process for hinged wardrobe doors is set up means it's very likely you will need to work with both a salesperson and a designer to reach your finished product.
Unfortunately, this can increase both the margin of error when sending the specifications to the manufacturer, as well as the pressure on you the customer to upgrade, or follow the specific recommendations of the salesperson involved.
