A pocket door saves the swing radius a hinged leaf needs, and a glazed one does it without closing off the light. That combination is why Santerson Glass Pocket Doors keep appearing in villa and apartment plans for studies, dressing rooms, pantry entries and bathroom corridors. Because every leaf is built to the opening rather than picked off a shelf, the quality of your quote request decides how fast you get a workable price — and how many revision rounds follow.
The enquiry below is the one our estimating team can price without three rounds of email. It applies whether you are furnishing a single apartment or a batch of guest rooms, and it covers the same information we need for Classic Pocket Doors and Santerson Wood Veneer Pocket Doors, which sit in the same collection.
What "custom quote" actually covers on a glass pocket door
A made-to-measure pocket door is not one line item. It is a leaf, a frame set that lines the wall cavity, a track and hanger, an operating handle or recessed pull, glazing, and the finishing work where the casing meets the wall. Our product page for glass pocket doors lists three configurable points — made-to-measure sizing, material and finish options, and a layout tailored to the project — and each of those moves the price.
So when you ask for a quotation, you are really asking us to confirm four things: what the leaf is made of and how it is glazed, what size it is, what hardware carries it, and where it has to travel from our workshop to your site. Send those four up front and the quote comes back with fewer caveats.
Information to send before we can price the job
1. The opening, measured the way the wall is built
- Rough structural opening: width, height and the finished floor level reference.
- Total wall thickness — the depth the pocket has to absorb, including both finishes.
- What the cavity wall is made of, and whether it is already built or still open.
- Clear pocket length available. A single leaf needs its own width of cavity plus clearance; a twin-leaf or stacking arrangement needs more.
- Anything sitting inside that cavity: studs, services, insulation, existing blocking.
If the wall is already closed and you are not sure what is in it, say so rather than guessing. We would rather flag a site check than quote an assembly that cannot be installed.
2. The leaf and the glazing
- Glass type and appearance — clear, frosted, smoked or ribbed glass are all finishes we work with across our glass wardrobe and door ranges, and the same visual logic carries into pocket doors.
- Framing: an aluminium-framed leaf, a timber-cored leaf with a wood veneer face, or a frameless look. Match the finish to your wardrobes and Glass Sliding Doors if the door reads as part of one joinery run.
- Handle choice — recessed pull, edge pull or a flush handle that keeps the face clean.
- Whether vision glass needs to be safety-rated for the location. Tell us where the door is used and we will spec the glazing accordingly rather than leave it to chance.
3. Quantity and schedule
- A door schedule: opening reference, size, leaf type, finish, quantity per room or floor.
- Total quantity across the project — a batch of identical leaves prices and packs differently from one-offs.
- Required on-site date, plus whether you want the doors phased with other joinery.
4. Delivery terms
Delivery address, who receives goods on site, and your preferred Incoterms. Our logistics and door-to-door delivery service handles sea, air and rail freight, export paperwork, packing and container loading, so you can have the doors land at the project instead of arranging a forwarder yourself. Confirm the import terms for your country with us case by case — duties, insurance and transit time are quoted per shipment, not guaranteed in advance.
A door schedule that gets a quote back quickly
Copy this structure into a spreadsheet and fill in one row per opening. It is the format our estimators work from.
| Field | What to write |
|---|---|
| Opening reference | Drawing number or room name, e.g. "Study — Level 2" |
| Rough opening W x H | In millimetres, with the floor finish noted |
| Wall thickness | Finished wall depth, both faces included |
| Pocket length available | Clear cavity length for the leaf to stow in |
| Cavity status | Open frame / framed and open / already closed |
| Leaf construction | Glass with aluminium frame, veneer-faced core, or your own detail |
| Glass appearance | Clear, frosted, smoked, ribbed — plus any pattern or interlayer request |
| Handle | Recessed, edge, flush; finish to match ironmongery schedule |
| Quantity | Per opening and project total |
| Destination & terms | Site address, receiver, Incoterms |
How the request moves through our process
Our design and production workflow runs in three cooperation steps: a project brief with a design proposal, then quotation and detail confirmation, then production, shipment and follow-up. Your schedule sits inside step one.
| Stage | What happens | What you sign off |
|---|---|---|
| Brief and proposal | We read the schedule, flag anything that will not work in the wall you have, and suggest a layout | Layout approach and configuration |
| Quotation and detail confirmation | Priced offer with the confirmed sizes, finishes and hardware listed; production drawings follow | Drawn dimensions, finish samples, delivery terms |
| Production, shipment, follow-up | Manufacturing to the approved drawings, packing for freight, then installation and after-sales support on site | Handover checklist and any snag list |
Two points worth being firm about. First, do not release an order until the production drawings show your actual openings — including floor finish build-up, because a 20 mm screed changes a leaf height. Second, ask us to state what is and is not included: track and hangers, frame set, casings, glass, ironmongery. A quote that bundles everything is easier to compare against another supplier's.
Where pocket doors beat other door types on site
Pocket doors earn their place where floor area is the constraint. Behind a bed head, in front of a dressing room, on a galley pantry run, or anywhere furniture sits inside a hinged leaf's arc, sliding into the wall frees that floor for good. Glass instead of a solid panel keeps daylight moving through an internal corridor, which matters in villas and apartments with single-aspect rooms.
Two trade-offs to weigh honestly. A cavity pocket is harder to alter after the wall is closed, so decide the layout before finishes go on; and where acoustic or privacy separation is the priority, a well-sealed hinged leaf outperforms a sliding one. If that is the case in your rooms, Santerson Flush Hinged Doors or Flush Wall Aligned Doors in the same finish are the better call, and we will quote them alongside the pocket doors so your joinery still reads as one set.
Ordering pocket doors as part of a wider fit-out
Doors rarely stand alone. If your project also needs wardrobes, kitchen cabinetry, wall panelling or Glass Partitions, send the door schedule together with those items and we can coordinate finishes across them. Santerson is a China-based furniture and building materials manufacturer working on villa, hospitality and office projects, supplying doors, joinery, flooring, lighting, ceramics and outdoor furniture under one turnkey project solution. One purchase order, one production schedule and one shipment is usually where the real saving sits — not in the unit price of a single leaf.
Where the design still needs settling, our interior design services cover space planning, concept and mood boards, furniture layouts with 3D renderings, and coordination between drawings and production. Send drawings rather than photographs if you have them; a marked-up floor plan answers most of the questions a schedule would.
All dimensions, finishes and inclusions on a quotation are confirmed against your approved production drawings before manufacturing starts, so treat the quote as the start of a specification rather than a fixed catalogue price.