These photos illustrate a great example of how to create an accessible pocket door. Accessible or Type A doors must have accessible hardware, a challenge to accomplish on a traditional pocket door that retracts fully into the wall. The typical finger pull on the end of a pocket door doesn’t meet the criteria for no pinching or tight grasping.
Pocket doors that don’t slide all the way back into the pocket and have easy to use loop hardware are much more accessible to everyone.
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- Accessible pocket door, fully retracted
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- Pocket door handles
Yay! I want to click a “like” for this. This is such a “why didn’t I think of that?” idea.
Where can I get the handle shown here?
Hi Marilyn! If you search some websites such as http://www.knobsandhardware.com for “contemporary” door pulls you will find a selection. Another brand that carries similar pulls is Sugatsune. http://www.sugatsune.com/door-handles-door-knobs/index.cfm?CATID=1&SUBCATID=1 Happy shopping! K