home improvement: doors

[aznherb36]

Im going to make a regular door slide from the side of my wall to the doorway. I just need to know those keyboard tray, shelf sliders, etc are called. does anyone have a clue?

[MiracleManS]

I'm not sure what you're talking about. Are you talking about an actual replacement doorway or a replacement for a computer desk?

[aznherb36]

I wasnt too clear. Right now I dont have a door for my room and I plan to get one but not with hinges, instead I want to have it slide back and forth like a sliding closet door. Im trying to find a way to make this happen, any ideas?

[tmh88]

hire someone who knows what they're doing so that you don't cause a lot of damage.

[RWB]

I know of two methods, one I think is the most widely used using castor's of some sort, while the other uses some form of ball bearings, similar to a keyboard tray. Castor's are better for heavier doors.

Here is a link I found... they are not easy to put in if you haven't done any kind of work like this before. These are a bit different than the ones I've seen before but they look nicer though.
http://www.johnsonhardware.com/sdindex.htm

My experience with them are only in my grandma's house, those were OLD sliding doors though. With big heavy doors and big heavy steel castor's.

Im going to make a regular door slide from the side of my wall to the doorway. I just need to know those keyboard tray, shelf sliders, etc are called. does anyone have a clue?

I just re-read your post, this is an external door? You're not cutting into the wall? The door will slide along the outside of the wall instead of inside, am I correct?

[MrBill]

I think RWB is on the right track (no pun intended). The site he linked to has several different styles of sliding door hardware. It sounds like you are looking for this style. (http://www.johnsonhardware.com/wmindex.htm)

[GnomeWizardd]

Yea first off you are looking for 2 things a pocket door frame but that required it too be installed in the wall, OR a special type of Bypass door but with only 1 door on the track. which in essence is what Mr Bill just posted. IF you have the wall space and dont mind giving up the extra wall reality its a good solution. Ive done them before no too hard at all. BTW i am a fully licensed trim carpenter

[RWB]

Without a doubt, when I buy a house all doors will be sliding; it really is just a great idea. No point in swinging doors IMHO... they get in the way, can damage walls if the protection isn't done right or is broken. Just plain bothersome.

[aznherb36]

Yes!, exactly what I am looking for. Thats correct, the door will be external and it will just slide back and forth from the wall to the doorway, like mrbill has found.

My doorway is very odd dimension, its a 77"x28", we went to Home depot awhile back and told them the measurements and there was no door. They also said you cant cut most doors because they are hollow inside and only consists of wood shaking or packing material of some sort.

I will look into this more, now that I have what Im looking for:bigggrin:


thanks

[aznherb36]

found the measurements and read about it, I am set! im getting http://www.johnsonhardware.com/2610f.htm 72" track and 36" door width.

[Keebler]

it really is just a great idea
Not really... sliding doors are a lot more likely to get screwed up, break, come off the track, etc. I would never buy a house full of sliding doors that slide into the wall (rather than outside it like the one Mr. Bill linked) because if they get jammed, you'll be tearing the door and/or wall apart to get to it. I think there's a good reason 95% of doors are on hinges: there's a lot less that can go wrong with them.

[jokke]

I would like revolving doors!

[Madball]

Having installed and maintained many pocket doors myself, I wouldn't dream of installing them everywhere in my house. Like Keebler said, there's too many things to go wrong. Pocket doors do have their place and purpose, though. In the house we're building right now, we have them throughout the master suite to maximize space and give it the flow the customer wanted. I'm not looking forward to installing and trimming out 6 of them though. They can be a pain.