About Us

Slide Systems Ltd has been a family owned and operated business since 2010 and based in the countryside of South Somerset.  

Slide is run by Karl and Tanya Newman.  On a skiing trip to The Alps many years ago, we were both taken with the pocket door fitted to the bathroom in our hotel room and how it looked good and took up so little space, whilst still ensuring the bathroom could be closed off from the bedroom.  Deciding to fit something similar into our own home, we discovered that these pocket door kits were very difficult to come by and were supplied from European manufacturers and not designed for UK door sizes and had to be adapted to fit.  So we decided to design something manufactured in the UK specifically for the UK market.

Subsequently, we have been designing and manufacturing internal pocket door systems in the UK since 2010.  In that time we have sold thousands of kits to many happy and satisfied customers of all kinds.  From individuals who enjoy DIY to those that employ a professional to install, they often come back time and time again as they add more pocket doors into their homes or move and want to replicate what they had before.  Builders and architects are also repeat customers and our kits are appreciated from the very start of the design process to their installation and beautiful end results.  

Pocket doors have increasingly been embraced by the UK over the past 15 years, despite being a staple in Europe for many more. Awareness of the benefits and attractiveness of pocket doors has risen over these past years, along with a similar increase in demand. Over the years we have often heard people say “we could have done with that in our house” or “if only we had known about those when we did our house” once they see a pocket door in action and realise the advantages and looks of pocket doors over traditional hinged doors.  So we specifically designed kits to fit all standard UK door sizes and that are supplied with everything needed to result in a finished solution that is both effective and aesthetically pleasing.  

In the past year, we have overhauled the design of our kits to make them much more adaptable to fit both with the simplest requirements right up to the full finished solution:

  • each kit is sized to fit any UK door size.
  • kits can be built up starting with the basic metal pocket, and then modules can be added depending on each customer’s specific requirement.
  • available modules include a complete wooden jambs module to provide a complete solution and an electrical module to account for light switches and plug sockets.
  • different accessories are available also such as soft close dampers, handles with or without locks and different door brush and rubber seal colours.

Whilst the majority of our sales are to individual customers and builders, we can offer bespoke solutions for those customers with a more unique requirement.  We can work directly with architects and builders on this if required, but will only agree to supply if we feel fully confident that our solution will work.

We also manufacture pocket door kits for other pocket door resellers so they can sell a UK based product within their own ranges.  This has increased the number of “Slide” pocket doors within the market.

Please browse our range of kits and do give us a call in the office if you have any questions.