WWA Info Exchange

The mudroom in the bedroom building has three openings - one to the bedroom, one to the bath, and one to the laundry, each of which was built to take a pocket door. This finally came to the top of the list. Of course, each opening was a different size (32", 34", 36"), requiring different rails and panels for each door. And the trim - well, nothing was quite square. You know how that goes. Everything is Port Orford cedar.

Here's a shot from the bedroom, across the mudroom, to the laundry.


See "Pocket door and trim"

drstrip, I love how you always make unique "things" for your house. I love these doors. Yes, the style is unique, the wood is unique. I look at your doors and then look at my plain 6-panel doors, thinking......oh, it would be nice to put a unique touch in here.....

Thanks for sharing and for making my mind think creative!!

Verna

Cool, Love a good pocket door. Great project, I like the floor as well.

Thanks for sharing.

James

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Beautiful door lad! That's just stunning!

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Nice work.

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As I am alway! Impressed with what you do, I wish I could have half the impetus to make things follow both form , function , and aesthetic as you do.

Thanks for sharing it with us Drstrip!

eric

Man, that's some FINE work there... nice job

Was the hardware easy to install?

Lawrence

Thanks for all the nice comments. Being retired helps when you've modeled your approach to finishing a house after Wharton Esherick

Yes, the hardware is quite easy to install. The track has to be installed when the wall is being framed. (probably obvious to anyone who has done framing).
The rollers (and track) are Stanley. There are four wheels on each truck - they ride on both sides of the track. These slide onto the end of the track, which requires that it be installed with enough gap to slide the truck on. There are two brackets that screw to the top of the door. The truck has a pin that snaps into the bracket. Thus, the installation procedure consists of sliding the trucks onto the track, spacing them to match the mounting brackets, and then lifting the door with a Wonder Bar until the trucks snap into the brackets. Helps to have another person around.

Stanley makes a heavy-duty set that has ball-bearing wheels instead of nylon. I would have preferred these, but that's not what I had, and they're expensive, too - about $50 a pair.