Floor Track Antique Pocket Doors

It also gives your door a unique look and looks especially good on an antique door.

Floor track antique pocket doors.

To reduce the track slot depth to the recommended 1 1 2 in we installed plywood spacers. More common in mid 19th century houses floor track doors roll in and out of their pockets on sheaves or rollers that ride on a metal track. Its door panels are adjustable up to 5 8 in. A pocket door that is stuck may be the result of the door being nailed in place debris clogging the door track warped studs in the pocket or a damaged floor track.

Raydoor pocket doors eliminate the need by handling the guiding of the door with a floor guide that exists only in the pocket. Our extensive and curated selection of pocket door hardware pulls and locks will transform your home. Accent your home s pocket doors with pocket door hardware and door pulls from lookintheattic company. We offer a variety of original designs and carefully crafted styles.

Elegant and stylish solid brass pocket door hardware. Pocket doors are sliding wooden doors that disappear into the wall and are brought out from the pockets in order. This video describes what is wrong with the broken door. As the door extends outward from the pocket special fittings at the back or trailing part of the door maintain their connection to that concealed guide giving stability and preventing swaying of the panel.

Pocket door frame set is designed for use with doors up to a maximum of 80 in. We have 3 pocket doors in our 1910 home. Two of them work okay but one is broken. Pocket doors come in two basic types floor track and top hung.

Before ordering the hardware weigh your door on a bath scale and measure the track slot and track. Pocket door frame set the everbilt 36 in. Vintage pocket doors were a common architectural element in residences and office buildings during the period 1875 to 1925 approximately. Wide and 2 1 4 in.

High and 1 3 4 in. The track is usually recessed into the floor although sometimes the track rests directly on the surface. While our inventory fluctuates we do often hold stock of pocket door lock sets as well as handles and wheels. This website gives information to homeowners caretakers and contractors who need to learn about repair and maintenance of old pocket doors.

Vertically and the door rough opening should be 4 in. Higher than the door panel height. The door may also be warped off the floor track or off the top guide inside the pocket. And the track slot was 1 1 2 in.

82 aluminum j track fit the narrow width of our track slot. Antique pocket door hardware is robust and durable. Pocket door frame set the everbilt 36 in.