THAT SLIDING DOORS MOMENT
WHEN SPECIFYING FOR A COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING, FOR EXAMPLE, IT’S NECESSARY TO CONSIDER DOOR SIZE, DOOR WEIGHT AND THE NUMBER OF CYCLES THAT THE DOOR WILL BE REASONABLY EXPECTED TO COMPLETE.
If your only response to the words ‘sliding doors’ is ‘isn’t that a movie with Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah?’ you’re genuinely missing out. There is much more to this particular portal than its association with an implausible romantic comedy starring the creator of Goop.
When do you think the first sliding door was constructed? Have a guess. The 1800s? Tudor times? Try the first century CE, according to archaeological evidence unearthed in earthquake struck Pompeii,
