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Hinged vs sliding wardrobe in Mumbai — clearance, access, and cost
Hinged or sliding is a room question, not a style question. A hinged door needs a clear swing. A sliding door needs you to accept that part of the interior is always behind a parked panel. In a Mumbai bedroom the bed, the bathroom door, and a cot usually decide it before the finish does.
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If you already know you are buying sliding, the track, the overlap, and shutter thickness are on sliding wardrobes in Mumbai. This page is the choice between the two, including the rooms where the honest answer is one bay of each.
Clearance is the first measurement
A hinged shutter sweeps an arc about as deep as the door is wide. In a 10-foot bedroom that arc often lands on the bed or across the only path to the bathroom. Tape on the floor tells you in a minute. A drawing that ignores the bed will specify a door you cannot open.
Sliding removes that arc. It adds a track and an overlap. You gain the passage. You give up seeing every shelf at once. Neither is a moral win. One of them fits the furniture you already own.
What you can reach
| Hinged | Sliding | |
|---|---|---|
| Opening | The full run, if the swings are clear. | About half on a two-door run, about two-thirds on a three-door run. |
| Two people dressing | Easier when drawers sit across the whole width. | Plan daily clothes in the bay that is actually open. |
| Loft | A loft door can sit on the same hinge line, as its own shutter. | Often a separate loft door or an open loft. Do not assume it is inside the sliding price. |
| Floor | No track. Easier to mop. The door still needs swing. | A bottom track collects dust and corridor grit. Top-hung is a different mechanism and a different line. |
| Hardware | Hinges. Soft-close is optional and should be written. | Track and rollers. Soft-close here is a roller, not a hinge. |
| Internal size | The depth you draw is close to the depth you get. | Track and overlap steal width and sometimes depth. Ask for clear internal depth. |
| Cost direction | Usually the lower number on the same carcass. | Track, rollers, and a stiffer shutter move the quote up. |
Our ₹22,000 figure is the indicative starting band for a roughly 6×8 ft hinged wardrobe. It is not a sliding package, not a loft, and not a city rate. The wardrobe cost guide lists the other drivers. Soft-close on a hinged door is a hinge damper. On a sliding door it is a roller. They are different lines on the quote.
Lofts, external walls, and mix-and-match
Floor-to-ceiling storage is how Mumbai flats recover a low built-up area. The loft is extra board and an extra way to open it. A sliding panel that also hides the loft sounds neat and is awkward every time you want a suitcase. A hinged loft door above a sliding run is a normal detail. Write it down so it is not “included” in one quote and missing in the other.
Door style does not choose the carcass. A wardrobe on an external wall or beside a bathroom still needs a moisture-resistant grade whether the doors slide or swing. That is the marine ply guide and, where the wall is actually wet, BWP plywood.
Mixing is allowed. Hinged doors on the bay you open every morning, sliding where the bed would block a swing. We draw that before we cut. It is not a compromise to apologise for.
How to choose before you compare prices
- Stand in the room with the bed in place. Note the bathroom door, the cot, and the passage you actually walk. A floor plan without the bed hides the clash.
- Tape the hinged arc on the floor. A hinged shutter needs a clear swing. If the tape hits the bed or blocks the bathroom door, hinged is the wrong door for that bay.
- Decide whether you need the full width open. Two-door sliding shows about half the interior at once. Three-door sliding shows about two-thirds. Hinged shows the run.
- Check the loft separately. Loft shutters, an open loft, and the hardware to reach it are their own lines. They are not included in a 6×8 ft hinged starting band.
- Compare internal depth, hardware, and carcass grade. Ask for clear internal depth, hinge or track specification, and ply grade. Door style does not choose the board.
We measure this on a free visit, usually within 48 hours on working days. A photo of the bed and the wall is enough to start the conversation. It is not enough to lock the door type. Workshop: 208, Wakefield House, Ballard Pier, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400001. One wardrobe is often about 7–10 days after approval, depending on finish and the queue — you get the timeline on the quote, not from this page.
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FAQ
For the same carcass, hinged usually costs less. Sliding adds a track, rollers, and typically a stiffer shutter. Mumbai Master Carpentry’s ₹22,000 band is a roughly 6×8 ft hinged starting point, not a sliding price and not a city average.
Not at once. A two-door run opens about half. A three-door run opens about two-thirds. If two people need the full width every morning, hinged is the more honest door, provided the swing is free.
They collect dust, and grit if the bedroom opens near a corridor or a window you keep open. They are also a mop line. Top-hung sliding avoids the floor track and is specified separately. Hinged doors have neither.
Yes, when one part of the wall has swing clearance and the part behind the bed does not. We draw the split so the tracks and hinges do not collide.
No. External walls and bathroom-side rooms need the same carcass grade either way. Choose the door from clearance. Choose the board from moisture.
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