On Mar 31, 11:07*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011, RicodJour wrote:
On Mar 31, 8:25*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011, RicodJour wrote:
On Mar 31, 9:20*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. *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.

That makes more sense than the first draft.

In other words, a 24" opening uses a 25" door with a
minimum 25" pocket.

A 25" door...ummm, where exactly are you supposed to get that? Cut it
down from a 28" door or special order it?

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?


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.

I checked all three of the manufacturers that you mentioned and none
of them makes either a patio door, or hardware for a patio door, that
has vertical rollers top and bottom. Laurence makes horizontal roller
guides for the top of doors, and some sliding screen doors have spring
loaded top rollers, but the post of mine that you commented on has
nothing to do with either of those.

I informed the OP about sheaves rolling on a bottom track, and his
other option for a pocket door is the standard top-hung door with
rollers on a track. Attempting to use both a top and bottom track
with rollers would bind the door as there would be no allowance for
play. It would also increase the time, cost and effort to install a
simple door. In light of all that, I'm not really sure what you were
referring to in correcting my "blanket statement".

R