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Accordion & Folding Doors

An accordion door hangs from a single overhead track and folds back on itself, taking almost no floor space, with no bottom channel to trip over. One room works as two, and back again in under a minute.

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A white accordion door drawn closed across a meeting room, hanging from a single top track with no floor channel

Where these go

  • Meeting rooms and boardrooms
  • Classrooms, kindergartens and training rooms
  • Function rooms, clubs and places of worship
  • Consulting, treatment and examination rooms
  • Pharmacies, clinics and reception areas
  • Cafes, serveries and back-of-house openings
  • Salons, fitting rooms and studios
  • Yoga, dance and rehearsal spaces
  • Workshops, factory floors and store rooms
  • Home studies, rumpus rooms and wardrobes
  • Pantries, laundries and linen cupboards
  • Garages, granny flats and under-stair storage

What you get

How our accordion doors are put together

Top-hung on a single track

The full weight of the door runs on overhead carriers, so the floor stays clear. That matters for accessibility, for trolleys and chairs rolling through, and for cleaning.

Vinyl, fabric or timber

Pick the finish to suit the room. Wipeable vinyl handles hospitality, healthcare, offices and boardrooms, timber accordion doors are available for rooms that want the warmth of real wood, and fabric works where you care more about acoustics than scuffs.

Lock, latch and pass-door options

Openings that need securing after hours can take a keyed lead post. On a long run you can add a pass door, so one person walking through does not mean moving the whole wall.

Measured and installed to the opening

We measure every opening on site before anything is made. That is when we find the out-of-square jamb or the bulkhead nobody mentioned, rather than on install day.

Not every accordion door is the same door

They fall into rough grades, and the grade is the price. The lightest is a visual divider: it closes the opening and that is all it claims. Above that sits a door with an insulated core, which slows draught and temperature moving between the two halves. Heavier again is a build aimed at sound, with more mass in the panel and seals on every edge. Ask which grade a quote is for, because the same words describe all three.

Seals are what separate the grades

A bare door leaves a gap at the head, at each jamb and under the bottom edge, and those gaps are where light, draught and conversation get through. Sweep seals at the top and bottom and a seal down the lead post close most of it. It is worth being clear about what that buys: sealing an accordion door meaningfully improves privacy and comfort, and still does not make it an acoustic wall.

Hardware is rated by how often it moves

A door in a house gets opened a few times a week. A door between two classrooms or across a servery gets opened several times a day, every day, for years. The carriers and trolley wheels are chosen for the cycle count, and choosing the domestic version for a commercial opening is the single most common reason a door starts dragging in its second year.

The track does not have to be straight

A run can turn a corner, follow a curve or take an angle, so a door can close off an L-shaped area or follow the line of a bay. Curved and angled track is set out from the site measure rather than ordered off a length, which is another reason nothing is made before the opening is measured.

Specification

The numbers, as ranges

These are the ranges the product family covers. We confirm the figures for your job at measure. Better a range now than a number we have to walk back later.

Operation
Manual, top-hung, folding
Typical opening width
0.9 m to 12 m (wider on request)
Typical opening height
Up to 3.6 m
Floor track
Not required
Acoustic rating
Light separation only. See acoustic partitions for rated openings
Finishes
Vinyl, fabric, or timber accordion doors
Typical panel width
Commonly 600 mm to 1000 mm, set by the opening
Stack depth
Allow roughly 10 to 15 percent of the opening width
Seals
Sweep seals at head and floor, lead-post seal, depending on grade
Track geometry
Straight, curved or angled runs, set out at measure
Hardware
Carriers specified to the expected cycle count

Budget

Roughly what it costs, and roughly what it needs

Enough to sanity-check a budget or a drawing before anyone picks up the phone. Both are indicative. The quote is the number that counts.

Indicative pricing

Priced per job. Call us for a price.

Openings vary enough in size, finish, rating and access that a published range would mislead more than it helps. Tell us the opening and you get a real number, not a band.

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What moves the number

  • Finish. Vinyl is the entry point, fabric sits above it, and a timber accordion door above that
  • Opening height above 2.7 m
  • Locking lead post or an integrated pass door
  • Site access, floor level and travel outside a metro area
Get a firm quote

Indicative only, and not an offer or a quote. Prices exclude GST, exclude any builder's work, and are confirmed in writing after a site measure.

Questions

What people ask before they order

Not covered here? The opening usually decides the answer, so it is quicker to describe yours than to read every case.

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No. These doors are top-hung, so the load is carried on the overhead track and the floor stays flat and clear.

It depends on the opening width and the panel size. As a rough guide, allow 10 to 15 percent of the opening width for the stack. We confirm the real figure at measure.

It gives you visual and light separation, and it takes the edge off conversation. A sealed, insulated-core door does noticeably better than a bare one, and neither is an acoustic wall. If one room has to be quiet while the other is in use, you want an acoustic-rated partition instead.

Accordion and concertina are the same door under two names, and both are folding doors. A bi-fold is different: it runs a few wide leaves hinged in pairs, usually on a bottom track, and it is what you normally see on an external opening. An accordion runs many narrow panels off an overhead track and folds into a much tighter stack.

Yes. Curved and angled track is normal, so a door can close off an L-shaped area, follow a bay or turn into a return wall. The set-out comes from the site measure, so it is worth flagging early: a curve changes the track, not just the length of it.

Usually yes. It can stack to the left, to the right, or split and stack to both ends of the opening. The decision is worth making with the room in mind, because the stack sits against a wall and takes up that part of it permanently.

Vinyl faces are wipeable, which is why they end up in hospitality, healthcare and schools. Timber accordion doors suit a room where the door is looked at more than it is touched. Fabric is the softest option and the one to avoid where hands and trolleys reach it. Ask about tear and scuff resistance if the opening is in a corridor or a kitchen.

A keyed or thumb-turn lead post is a standard option where the opening needs securing after hours. On a long run you can also add a pass door, so someone walking through does not have to move the whole door.

That is a hardware question rather than a door question, and it should be asked before you buy. Domestic-grade carriers in an opening that moves several times a day wear out early. Tell us how often the opening will actually be used and the hardware gets specified to it.

Also in the range

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Movable wall systems that divide a large space into smaller ones, top-hung on a track and stacked away when the room is wanted whole.

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Outdoor Blinds

Clear folding outdoor blinds that close a verandah, alfresco or balcony off from rain and wind, and fold back against the post on a fine day.

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Pricing accordion doors?

Send the width, the height and what the room has to do. You get a written quote with panels, track, hardware and installation priced separately.

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