Floor Track Antique Pocket Doors

Wide and 2 1 4 in.

Floor track antique pocket doors.

The track is usually recessed into the floor although sometimes the track rests directly on the surface. It also gives your door a unique look and looks especially good on an antique door. We have 3 pocket doors in our 1910 home. Work may also require removing the doors and replacing the rollers.

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. We offer a variety of original designs and carefully crafted styles. This video describes what is wrong with the broken door. Two of them work okay but one is broken.

Pocket doors come in two basic types floor track and top hung. Our door weighed 30 lbs. 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. And the track slot was 1 1 2 in.

Pocket doors are sliding wooden doors that disappear into the wall and are brought out from the pockets in order. Vertically and the door rough opening should be 4 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. To reduce the track slot depth to the recommended 1 1 2 in we installed plywood spacers.

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Pocket door frame set the everbilt 36 in. High and 1 3 4 in. Pocket door frame set is designed for use with doors up to a maximum of 80 in. Higher than the door panel height.

While our inventory fluctuates we do often hold stock of pocket door lock sets as well as handles and wheels. Its door panels are adjustable up to 5 8 in. 82 aluminum j track fit the narrow width of our track slot. Vintage pocket doors were a common architectural element in residences and office buildings during the period 1875 to 1925 approximately.

Before ordering the hardware weigh your door on a bath scale and measure the track slot and track. Raydoor pocket doors eliminate the need by handling the guiding of the door with a floor guide that exists only in the pocket. Antique pocket door hardware is robust and durable.