Super Easy Bathroom Sliding Door For Tiny Houses
For two years our family endured a quasi-private bathroom with nothing more than a red curtain separating it from the rest of the living area (see photo on right). I was actually quite proud of that achievement because it epitomized our sense of ease around each other. But then the day came. The moment fell upon us when our darling 16 year old daughter proclaimed in an interview for Japan’s largest TV network that the only thing she wished for our tiny house was a proper bathroom door. Fair enough. I don’t know of too many teens that would have put up with a piece of fabric for privacy as long as she and our 19 year old son had. Plus, it was always rather awkward when not-super-close friends (or members of the press) would use the bathroom and we would all shuffle out of the house to give them privacy.
The curtain was always going to be a temporary solution anyways but each time we researched how to build a sliding door to take its place, we were stymied by two obstacles: 1) Hardware for sliding doors is typically very costly and 2) We couldn’t find a rail system small enough to accommodate our specific needs. For months we poked around the internet trying to find a solution.
Below are the parameters and limitations we had to overcome in order to make the sliding door work:
- Our door panel had to be quite thin (no more than 3/4″ thick)
- Our door panel had to weigh less than 75 pounds. The heavier the door, the larger and more heavy duty a track system needs to become
- Our track system would need to be hung from the bathroom ceiling/loft joist
- The door panel and track system would have to allow for easy glide so that we could slide our door panel into a very narrow 1″ gap between our tall bathroom storage cabinet and the bathroom wall that separates it from the living area
One day, while ambling through the aisles of Home Depot, I stopped at the pocket door section in the hardware aisle. I knew I needed some sort of system that would allow a door panel to be hung from but I didn’t which one. On a whim, I grabbed a $13.58 track system for pocket -or- pocket less doors thinking I would take it hOMe and see if it would even be a starting place for something I could retrofit. Turns out this was exactly and perfectly what we needed, straight out of the box.

The track system is very simple but totally sufficient and looks industrial/cool when spray painted black
To install the track, we cut it to match the length we needed as our opening is less than the 36″ that the track is made for. After that we gave it a coat of flat black spray paint and screwed it overhead to our loft joist. We grabbed a piece of left over cabinet face material we from IKEA (which was an exact match to our cabinet fronts throughout the house), cut it to the right dimensions (we bought it in a 4’x8′ sheet), and used it as our door panel. It ended up weighing only 40 pounds. *Note: you could very easily grab any piece of 1/2″-3/4″ plywood or equivalent and customize it to match the look and feel of your tiny house.

To the left of the door panel you can see the small gap between the cabinet and the wall in which the panel easily slides into
We screwed the wheel brackets to the top edge of our door panel using the included screws. Since all of the door weight hangs on just four screws, we were worried that perhaps the screws would tear through the particle board (which is what our panel’s interior is made of) but it has held without any complaints at all. The only tricky part was getting the panel to hang from the track because space is so confined in the bathroom. We persevered and ultimately conquered and in less than one hour of toil, we had a working bathroom door.
We cut a small piece of trim board for the front door face to conceal the track system from the living room (see photo below on left). For a handle we knew we wanted something large and easy to grasp, but the challenge was finding an option that allowed the two handles to be placed exactly back to back to each other. Nearly all cabinetry door handles/pulls are attached with screws that are inserted from the back. We also weren’t happy with general hardware handles because they all showed the screws on the face. During another Home Depot outing, I wandered into the bathroom aisle and came across…can you guess what our handles actually are? Toilet paper holders! The screws are hidden behind the handle, which allowed us to attach them at the face.

We love our new bathroom door! Total privacy, matches the aesthetics of the rest of hOMe, and surprisingly high sound dampening
It has been several months since the install and it’s all working just as well as it did on the first day. Since we already had our door panel, our cost was just under $14 but even if someone had to buy a new one, building this door would still be a steal. Surprisingly, there is a significant amount of sound dampening when the door is closed and when inside the bathroom, it offers solid privacy. When people come over now, even total strangers, nobody has to go outside and stand awkwardly in the rain and snow until the guest is done. Plus our daughter’s only tiny house wish finally came true so it’s a happy ending to the story of the hOMe bathroom that finally grew up.
Perfect! Love it! Slim profile. Made from materials that match the whole theme of hOMe, including decor and minimalism. Looks like something I’d come up with. I’m always browsing Lowe’s or HD for parts and hardware that may or may not be made for my purpose (most often not), but will work fine with just a little imagination. 🙂
That was truly ridiculously easy. :o)
I’m so glad you wrote about this! This is one of the biggest changes we were planning to make when we build ours soon, and now you have taken out all of the guess-work for me! I’ll be bookmarking this post for later reference.
Where does the door slide? I can’t tell from the pix. You don’t have a pocket, right? Behind the ladder?
Hi mary! Yeah I can see that wouldn’t be very clear. So it slides in actually between our tall bathroom storage cabinet and our bathroom wall. So if you are looking from the living room into the bathroom, the door slides INSIDE the bathroom wall and to the right. It was the only tiny opening we had 🙂
Stupid question here. What exactly is a door panel? I assume a door and a door panel are the same thing, right?
Hi Elizabeth! Sorry for the confusion. Yes, same thing. I guess I kept calling it a panel bc a standard door wouldn’t fit bc it would have been to wide for us
I mean *thick*, not wide
Love it, Gabriella! My favorite part is your resourceful use of the toilet paper holders. I bought two just like those for a pair of dish towel hangers for the “fake drawer fronts” on the sink at my old house! LOL.
Thanks for writing in CottageCamper! Hugs!!!
Nice solution, glad to learn about the hardware. I’ve added pocket doors for bathroom remodels and the hardware is usually expensive and not simple to install. We have planned some pocket doors for our new house and this is just the trick. I’m thinking about adding a skin to a Homasote panel. It’s used as a sound barrier, comes in 4′ x 8′ sheets and is very lightweight.
Always nice to hear from you Jerry! Interesting about the Homasote panel…thanks for letting me know about it!
Very nice guys. Did you put some kind of “trim” or tracking on the floor?
TJ
I would think if there is none yet, but if something was desired for tracking on the floor, a 1 inch wide nylon C channel section (or two nylon L sections overlapping at the bottom) cut to maybe 1 inch long and screwed to the floor (or wall if preferred) somewhat centered between the end of the door panel and the opening would be sufficient. Blocking (excess piece of flooring material or something thinner like an extra layer of the same nylon plate?) may be needed under the channel section to space it up for the bottom of the door panel depending how high the door bottom is off the floor. 2 connection points at top with just one at the bottom would be all that is needed to keep the door panel from swinging and will keep it tracking straight. The door being 3/4 inch would slide easily in a nylon channel 1 inch wide without scratching the door panel. Just something I would consider for my own implementation. 🙂
Maybe you already did something like this?
Forgot to include that such a channel would need to be placed somewhat centered between the end of the door panel and the door opening WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED, to avoid the door slipping out of it when either open or closed.
Hi TJ! The kit did come with a track/bumper holders for bottom of door but we don’t need it at all so didn’t install it 🙂
This article couldn’t be better timed! We are building a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf/curio/armoire/wall with doors to separate a mid-size bedroom into two for our new daughter. Our bedroom was going to have a pocket door hidden in the “built-in”, but the contractor nixed the idea and told us to go with a barn door to match the barn door we installed to separate living room from bedrooms. Fair enough. But, the door looked so plain as it was too thin for hardware. But when I saw your handles I ran to my garage and pulled out our left over kitchen cabinet handles (5″ long) that look nearly identical! You have inspired me and in a way, rescued my project! Love you guys!!!
Yay! So glad to hear this Jessica!
Thank you for sharing such a simple solution. I also have a curtain separating spaces and I think would be perfect.
What a great hack! I’ve been putting off buying ridiculously expensive barn door hardware for several years. Then I found some homemade solutions which seemed affordable, but this is way easier and cheaper still, without having to fabricate anything. Adding a panel to cover the hardware is cinchy. I’d say if you ever run into problems with the screws coming out, just dab them with Gorilla glue or epoxy. Everything will fuse together with the glue in the particle board and you should be good, since the door is so close to the floor.
Yes, Gorilla glue is powerful stuff! Make sure you really want to use it before you apply it, because it seems it would be extremely difficult to take anything apart that you put together using it!
I recently noticed that you also replaced the curtain on your shower with a door. Looking (again) at the gallery slideshow I noticed a few updated photos of the bathroom, one showing the Separett and the other showing the new shower door. Anything special about that one? 🙂
/bob…love that you noticed that! We actually installed the shower door well over a year ago and just now changed the photo. It was custom made to our dimensions and purchased at Home Depot. It’s awesome and no more cold shower curtain hitting our legs as we shower! 🙂
Lol! You guys are awesome. I love the idea of using the toilet holder for a door knob. That’s something I might do.
🙂
Hi Gabriella
How do you get water and electricity into the house? Are you guys using solar power or generators of some kind? Thanks, Mona
Hi Mona! Thanks for reaching out. You can find answers to those questions on this page 🙂 https://tinyhousebuild.com/faqs/
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