Emergency help! My new pocket door doesn't reach the floor!!
cupofkindness
14 years ago
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Emergency help! My new pocket door doesn't reach the floor!!
Comments (2)2" is way too high. ck out these web sites. He is going to have to re-make the frame. http://video.bobvila.com/m/21320310/pocket-door-installation.htm http://jhusa.net/Video/Anamations/MainMenuALT.html...See MoreHELP! New boyfriend doesn't want my Weimaraner in bed with us...
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Comments (17)Well, I opened the wall Friday and I found two heating ducts in the way in one wall and two supply pipes and a waste pipe in the other, so the usual pocket door is dead. Guess what else I found, two splices of 15 amp lines, and not the first time I've found shortcuts and outright code violations in this house. I won't say who built this house but it rhymes with A$$hole Bros. Matt, the doors I want to hang weight 100 lb. Do you think that on the wall track who gave me a link to is robust for long term track stability? The instructions claim good for 150 lb but I'm paranoid. Perhaps to be totally safe, should I construct a new frame from whense to hang the track in the usual fashion. Or am I just being an old woman. Don't want to open up the wall in 10 years to fix a sagging track. Brick, I'm a little confused. By 1X lumber, do you mean frame the wall next to the door with 1X2s and then attach 3/8 plywood to it, finally cover with 3/8" drywall? Or would the plywood go first and then the 1X2s to attach the drywall? Thanks!...See MoreWere my pocket doors installed correctly?
Comments (10)For painted pocket doors I always add a 2 inch wide strip to the pocket edge. This strip blocks the edge of the pocket and also allows the door to stay engaged on a piece of aluminum angle I place on the floor of the pocket. A groove in the bottom of the door runs almost to the 'show' edge. The aluminum stops the swinging cold, and unlike the plastic guides that come with the doors does not scratch the paint. For stained doors with any decoration (panels, etc.) you can attach a strip and paint it black, or order wider doors and rip some of the 'show' edge off. This keeps the decoration centered when the door is closed. The pocket is of course sized slightly larger to account for the extra door width. I saw some kits for doubles to make them close together somewhere, but I have been making them using steel sliding door pulleys and 1/16 inch steel cable for a long time. A couple simple brackets attach the top of the door to the cable to make everything move together. Stops (single or double) can be added opposite the pocket to block light on that edge. Van Dykes Restorers has a number of pulls available for the face of the door. They also have brass edge pulls. Renovators Supply used to have edge pulls and a few face pulls. I have built the locks the last few times I needed them, since outside of salvage there is just not much available that is anything but clunky modern looking....See Morejust_julie
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