Low 300 Sliding Wardrobe Doors, Made to Measure in London
A 300mm panel at the base of each door with one large panel above it. The finer version of the kick-panel layout, for lower beds, smaller rooms and ceilings where the upper panel needs every millimetre.
The Low 300 door, drawn
The cross rail sits 300mm above the bottom rail, so the lower panel is a fixed 300mm band and the upper panel takes the rest: 1933mm on a 2400mm opening, 2133mm on 2600mm. The band does the same job as on a Low 400, putting woodgrain or a painted board where the door gets kicked, but its top edge sits at about 356mm from the floor, below most mattresses and bedside tables, so it reads as a skirting rather than a plinth. Above it a mirror or glass panel runs almost the full height of the door.
Panels per door two · Lower band 300mm, fixed · Upper panel 1933mm on a 2400mm opening · Rail height about 356mm from the floor
Getting a Low 300 door right
Six things a designer checks before a low kick-panel door is drawn.
Skirting height
A 300mm band sits just above most skirting boards. Where the room has a deep Victorian skirting of 200mm or more, the band aligns with it and the wardrobe reads as part of the wall.
Bed height
Divans and low platform beds top out around 350 to 450mm. A 300mm band stays under them; a 400mm band can clash. This is usually what decides between the two.
The mirror above
From 356mm to the ceiling, the upper panel is almost a full-height mirror. Only the reflection of your shoes is lost.
Wear
Three hundred millimetres covers where a vacuum cleaner and shoes hit. It does not cover a knee-height knock; if the room is a child's, Low 400 protects more.
Across the run
The rail runs at one height on every door, so three doors read as one long mirror standing on a thin timber skirting.
Ceiling height
Low 300 keeps the upper panel as tall as any banded layout can. On a 2200mm opening it is still 1733mm, which is why it suits low rooms.
The Low 300 door at three ceiling heights
How the Low 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 | 1733mm mirror · 300mm woodgrain |
| 2400mm opening Most rooms | 2340mm high × 1030mm wide, three doors on 3000mm | 1933mm mirror · 300mm woodgrain |
| 2600mm opening | 2540mm high × 1030mm wide, three doors on 3000mm | 2133mm mirror · 300mm woodgrain |
Three Low 300 doors on one opening
Across a 3000mm opening the 300mm band runs from wall to wall at the same height on all three 1030mm doors, and the three tall upper panels sit above it, overlapping by 45mm at each meeting with the middle door 88mm behind on the back track. The band is thin enough that from across the room the wardrobe reads as mirror or glass to the floor with a dark skirting line, rather than as a two-tone door.
Door width 1030mm, three on 3000mm · Bands across the run two, the lower one 300mm · Rail height about 356mm · Tracks two, doors 88mm front to back
Planning a Low 300 wardrobe
Five decisions, in the order your designer makes them.
Banded doors, built
The York carries woodgrain bands at the top and the bottom of each door with 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.
Low 300 keeps only a thin bottom band. It protects the foot of the door where the vacuum cleaner and shoes hit it, and leaves the rest of the face as one tall panel of mirror or glass.
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Questions about the Low 300 layout.
A sliding door with a fixed 300mm panel at the bottom and one large panel above it, divided by a 30mm cross rail. The band is usually woodgrain or a painted board and the upper panel mirror or glass. On a 2400mm opening the upper panel is about 1933mm high.
Measure the bed. A 300mm band stays below a divan or platform bed of 350 to 450mm; a 400mm band can clash with it. Three hundred also suits deep Victorian skirtings and low ceilings, where the upper panel needs the height. Four hundred reads as a plinth and protects more of the door. See Low 400.
It covers the height at which shoes and vacuum cleaners hit a wardrobe door, which is where most scuffs happen. It does not cover a knee-height knock from a laundry basket or a child's toy, so in a child's room a 400mm band is the safer choice.
Yes, apart from your shoes. The mirror runs from about 356mm to the ceiling and shows a full figure from across the room. Many people prefer the mirror to stop just above the floor, because the reflection of carpet and skirting adds nothing.
Yes. A band painted or finished in the frame colour makes the bottom of the door read as one deep rail, and the mirror above as a single framed panel. A contrasting woodgrain band makes the skirting line a feature. Both are common.
A little more than a Full Panel door of the same size, for the extra rail and second panel. 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; a three-door banded wardrobe about 3000mm wide sits nearer the York at £4,995. The exact figure for your opening is confirmed after the free home design visit.
A skirting line for the mirror. One design visit.
Our senior designer measures the skirting and the bed, sets the band against them, and brings woodgrain and mirror samples to your home, free.