Central 300 Sliding Wardrobe Doors, Made to Measure in London
A 300mm band through the centre of each door with equal panels above and below. The finest of the centre-band layouts: a single line of mirror or glass across a painted or woodgrain door.
The Central 300 door, drawn
Two 30mm cross rails hold a fixed 300mm panel at the centre of the door, and the two remaining panels share what is left equally: 952mm each on a 2400mm opening, 1052mm on 2600mm. The band runs from about 1040mm to 1340mm above the floor, roughly waist to chest height, so a mirror strip here catches light and movement without giving a reflection to stand in front of. It is the layout for a door that is mostly one material, painted or woodgrain, with one thin line of something brighter across it.
Panels per door three · Centre band 300mm, fixed · Outer panels 952mm each on a 2400mm opening · Band spans about 1040mm to 1340mm from the floor
Getting a Central 300 door right
Six things a designer checks before a thin-band door is drawn.
A line, not a mirror
Three hundred millimetres is too narrow to use as a mirror. Choose it for the line it draws; choose Central 3 if you want a mirror you can stand in front of.
Band material
Mirror catches light and movement. Frosted or coloured glass gives a soft stripe. A contrasting woodgrain or paint makes it a purely graphic band.
The main panels
Above and below the band the door is mostly one material, so this is a layout for a beautiful painted board or a strong woodgrain, with the band as the accent.
Height of the band
The band sits at waist to chest height. A dado rail or the back of a chair in the room at that height should line through or clear it.
Frame finish
Two rails close together read as a single thick line in black. Silver, champagne or cashmere let the band itself be the line.
Central 300 or 400
Three hundred is the finer, more discreet version. Four hundred is bolder and reads from across the room. On a two-door wardrobe 300 usually suits; on four doors 400 carries better.
The Central 300 door at three ceiling heights
How the Central 300 door divides at three common opening heights, drawn as three doors on a 3000mm opening. Panels are listed from the top of the door down.
| Opening | Door | Panels, top to bottom |
|---|---|---|
| 2200mm opening | 2140mm high × 1030mm wide, three doors on 3000mm | 852mm painted panel · 300mm mirror · 852mm painted panel |
| 2400mm opening Most rooms | 2340mm high × 1030mm wide, three doors on 3000mm | 952mm painted panel · 300mm mirror · 952mm painted panel |
| 2600mm opening | 2540mm high × 1030mm wide, three doors on 3000mm | 1052mm painted panel · 300mm mirror · 1052mm painted panel |
Three Central 300 doors on one opening
Across a 3000mm opening the 300mm band runs as one continuous line at the same height on all three 1030mm doors, dividing a painted or woodgrain wall into an upper and a lower field. The middle door sits on the back track, 88mm behind the outer two, and each meeting overlaps by 45mm. With a mirror band the line lights up as you move past it; with glass or a contrasting board it is a drawn stripe from wall to wall.
Door width 1030mm, three on 3000mm · Bands across the run three, the centre one 300mm · Band height about 1040mm to 1340mm from the floor · Tracks two, 45mm overlaps
Planning a Central 300 wardrobe
Five decisions, in the order your designer makes them.
Banded doors, built
The York is a banded sliding wardrobe with walnut woodgrain top and bottom and frosted glass between, black rails machined to one drawing so the lines run across both doors. It is 3000mm wide, 2400mm high and from £4,995 fitted.
Central 300 reduces the idea to a single thin line: one 300mm band of mirror or glass through the middle of an otherwise solid door. It is the quietest of the twelve layouts and suits a painted door in a calm bedroom.
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Questions about the Central 300 layout.
A sliding door with a fixed 300mm panel through its centre, held between two 30mm cross rails, and two equal panels above and below it. On a 2400mm opening the outer panels are about 952mm each. The band is usually mirror or glass and the outer panels a painted board or woodgrain, so the door reads as a solid face with one bright line across it.
No, and it is not meant to be. At waist to chest height and 300mm deep it catches light and movement rather than giving a reflection to dress by. If you want a usable mirror in the middle of the door, Central 3 gives a band about 1100mm deep at head height.
Three hundred is the finer line and suits smaller rooms, two-door wardrobes and painted doors where the band should be a detail. Four hundred reads from further away and holds its own on a four-door run or against a strong woodgrain. See Central 400; your designer will draw both against the room.
Centred on the door, about 1040mm to 1340mm above the floor on a 2400mm opening. That is close to dado height in many Victorian rooms, and the designer will align the band to a dado rail or clear it, as the room suggests.
Yes. Each panel is chosen independently. A darker board below the band and a lighter one above is a common way to ground the wardrobe without adding another rail. The same finish top and bottom keeps the door reading as one piece with a line through it.
Banded doors carry two rails and three panels and cost a little more than a single-panel door. Sliding wardrobes start from £900 per metre (Level 3 of our price guide, or £1,020 per metre with mirror or glass doors at Level 4), fitted with a 10-year guarantee, and a three-door banded wardrobe about 3000mm wide sits nearer the York at £4,995. Every wardrobe is made to measure in Wembley, so the exact price is confirmed after the free home design visit.
One thin line across the door. One design visit.
Our senior designer measures the room and its dado and sill heights, sets the band to them, and brings painted, woodgrain and mirror samples to your home, free.