On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:28:53 -0700 (PDT), RicodJour
wrote:

On Mar 31, 8:25Â*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011, RicodJour wrote:
On Mar 31, 9:20Â*am, Limp Arbor wrote:

I watched the video on Johnson's website and they show they little
triangle pieces at the bottom to keep the door from swinging. Â*Having
never done this I would assume the door needs to stay a little proud
of the jam so it stays engaged on those triangles.

Those little triangles extend back a little ways into the opening.
The door should be totally flush with the split jamb when it's
installed correctly.


According to the instructions on the door pocket I installed for my
daughter the door should extend just into the wall when fully closed

I'm not quite sure what that means..."should extend _just_ into the
wall"...? Do you mean it should just project into the opening a
little bit? If so, why? There's an edge pull on a pocket door -
there's no functional reason to have the door project at all into the
opening when the door is fully recessed.

You are reading me backwards. I said when the door is fully CLOSED the
edge of the door is still inside the wall. When OPEN the opening is
totally clear. In other words, a 24" opening uses a 25" door with a
minimum 25" pocket.

You mentioned in an earlier post about many patio doors having rollers
top and bottom, and I said I wasn't familiar with any. Help me out -
which ones are you talking about?

R
Virtually all patio door screens use that setup and so does the
wood-framed patio door in our friend's Viceroy cottage (about 30 years
old). No idea what make. The wood framed patio door removed from
another friend's house also had rollers top and bottom from what I
remember.
EXTREMELY smooth running - unlike the new vinyl door that replaced
it. House is about 45 years old and the door was original.

I also remember several 4 roller doors that were replaced when I
worked for 2 different window and door contractors a number of years
back.

Peachtree doors used top rollers, and I believe Guaranteed Products
did as well. I think their hardware was D.H.Laurence stuff, but not
sure. Some of them were horizontal rollers, not vertical - but at
least a few were vertical, set up like the screen doors but
considerably heavier.