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sliding wardrobe doors
Going to build a cupboard and I am thinking hinged doors will be hard to
do right, whereas sliding mirror doors - should be easy. As far as I can tell the doors will overlap each other and the track is often cutable so the exact width is not a problem. The height though, may need a door cut to length. Does that exist? TW |
sliding wardrobe doors
On Monday, 17 August 2020 10:53:25 UTC+1, TimW wrote:
Going to build a cupboard and I am thinking hinged doors will be hard to do right, whereas sliding mirror doors - should be easy. As far as I can tell the doors will overlap each other and the track is often cutable so the exact width is not a problem. The height though, may need a door cut to length. Does that exist? Screwfixwardrobes will do cut to size and allow up to 15mm addition with a packing piece on the bottom rail. ** If it's toughened glass it can't be cut down after toughening. ** Owain |
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sliding wardrobe doors
Make sure you support the tracks strongly and keep an eye on the dimensions
exactly, as a tiny movement can make the door fall out. I have an old fitted wardrobe like this and the bottom and top runners are sagging. Not helped by an upper cupboard being full of paint tins, don't ask! Brian -- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "TimW" wrote in message ... Going to build a cupboard and I am thinking hinged doors will be hard to do right, whereas sliding mirror doors - should be easy. As far as I can tell the doors will overlap each other and the track is often cutable so the exact width is not a problem. The height though, may need a door cut to length. Does that exist? TW |
sliding wardrobe doors
Dave Liquorice wrote:
And I should imagine this will have to be toughened or laminated glass. and fairly thick (10 mm?) so each quite heavy. The glass in my (removed but not discarded) Stanley sliding mirror doors is only 4mm. |
sliding wardrobe doors
TimW Wrote in message:
Going to build a cupboard and I am thinking hinged doors will be hard to do right, whereas sliding mirror doors - should be easy. As far as I can tell the doors will overlap each other and the track is often cutable so the exact width is not a problem. The height though, may need a door cut to length. Does that exist? TW Not on a miserly budget... -- Jimk ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
sliding wardrobe doors
TimW wrote:
Going to build a cupboard and I am thinking hinged doors will be hard to do right, whereas sliding mirror doors - should be easy. As far as I can tell the doors will overlap each other and the track is often cutable so the exact width is not a problem. The height though, may need a door cut to length. Does that exist? TW We had some mirror doors made to order for a hall cupboard. It was a long time ago so I cant recall the price. We used a local small trader who does fitted bedrooms. Hed done our wardrobes etc. A family member had some MDF doors made by a company they found on the Internet. Quite impressive. You send the measurements and they quote depending on size and style from a range. You can add the fittings for hinges, folding, sliding etc. Do a search on mdf doors. |
sliding wardrobe doors
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 03:22:30 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Going to build a cupboard and I am thinking hinged doors will be hard to do right, Maybe but provided the apertures are made square and plumb with the non squareness and plumb of the building taken up with the architrave. whereas sliding mirror doors - should be easy. Track has to be level and the lower rail parallel. On ours, the weight is carried on the bottom wheels. Two wheels at the top are steadies, they dont carry weight, and are sprung to allow for things being uneven or not quite parallel. Off the shelf doors I fitted myself in a previous house worked the same. |
sliding wardrobe doors
On Monday, 17 August 2020 10:53:25 UTC+1, TimW wrote:
tell the doors will overlap each other and the track is often cutable so it has fitted padded trays for kittens? |
sliding wardrobe doors
On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 20:45:42 -0000 (UTC), Radio Man wrote:
On ours, the weight is carried on the bottom wheels. Ours are top hung but timber. Track at the bottom stikes me as asking to get damaged by being kicked or stood on and/or get clogged with dust after a while. Two wheels at the top are steadies, they don t carry weight, Just small, short, nylon guides on the bottom rail. and are sprung to allow for things being uneven or not quite parallel. I was thinking more of appearence if the rails weren't parallel, -- Cheers Dave. |
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