Smart Options for Creating Space in Affordable Housing

Making housing affordable often puts a constraint on the size of dwellings — more square metres naturally means more cost. However, reduced floor space doesn’t have to mean a compromise in liveability. Clever design should seek to maximise useable floor space and provide flexibility to the way in which rooms can be used.

Cavity Sliders have for a long time been the solution to maximising tight spaces, opening up the useable floor and wall space that a hinged door would otherwise have made redundant. Walkthrough wardrobes, en-suites, utility rooms and WCs are the most obvious places for a cavity slider but they are not the only suitable location in an affordable housing project.

When space is limited, having options to the way in which rooms can be used is an important part of the design consideration. Opening up a space to provide more living area, or sectioning for separate functionality such as a TV snug or secondary bedroom, CS Cavity Sliders are the solution to providing versatility with limited space.

CS For Doors provide a complete cavity pocket, door and handle package in a range of standard sizes or can manufacture to measure, making it simple to customise any project.

CS SpaceMaker Cavity Slider

CS Cavity Sliders (CS for Doors)

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CS SpaceMaker is a residential grade cavity slider designed to suit standard sized doors typically found in today's modern residential homes.

NZ Made

CS Cavity Sliders units have been appraised for use with sliding doors in internal locations in residential, commercial and light industrial buildings
A practical solution for those areas where there is not enough space for a pre-hung door, such as en suites, wardrobes and hallway cupboards
Standard sizes (1980mm high x 610, 660, 710, 760, 810, 860 and 910mm wide) or made to measure up to 2100 x 1000mm

CS Cavity Sliders will, if employed in accordance with the supplier's installation and maintenance requirements, assist with meeting the following provisions of the building code:

Clause B1 Structure: Performance B1.3.1, B1.3.2 and B1.3.4. CS Cavity Sliders meet the requirements for loads arising from self-weight, earthquake, wind and impact [i.e. B1.3.3 [a], [f], [h] and [j]].
Clause B2 Durability: Performance B2.3.1 [a], not less than 50 years, [b], 15 years and [c], 5 years. CS Cavity Sliders meet these requirements.
Clause F2 Hazardous Building Materials: Performance F2.3.1. CS Cavity Sliders meet this requirement and will not present a health hazard to people.

BRANZ Appraised

CS TimberFormed Cavity Slider

CS Cavity Sliders (CS for Doors)

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CS TimberFormed is a high quality architectural cavity slider engineered to fulfil the majority of your build's requirements.

NZ Made

CS Cavity Sliders units have been appraised for use with sliding doors in internal locations in residential, commercial and light industrial buildings
Lintels over the full trim size (opening and pocket) should be sized to ensure that no load is applied to the door assembly
Lintels to NZS3604 are acceptable for door weights up to 75kg per metre width of door. Specific design required when the door weight exceeds 75kg per metre
Track must be fitted level and straight and fixed at maximum 600mm centres to the lintel
Fits into a standard thickness wall (90 x 45mm framing)

CS Cavity Sliders will, if employed in accordance with the supplier's installation and maintenance requirements, assist with meeting the following provisions of the building code:

Clause B1 Structure: Performance B1.3.1, B1.3.2 and B1.3.4. CS Cavity Sliders meet the requirements for loads arising from self-weight, earthquake, wind and impact [i.e. B1.3.3 [a], [f], [h] and [j]].
Clause B2 Durability: Performance B2.3.1 [a], not less than 50 years, [b], 15 years and [c], 5 years. CS Cavity Sliders meet these requirements.
Clause F2 Hazardous Building Materials: Performance F2.3.1. CS Cavity Sliders meet this requirement and will not present a health hazard to people.

BRANZ Appraised

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