400lbs 181kg max weight per door 6 1 2 165mm min wall structure thickness 1 1 8 29mm min door thickness 192 16 4877mm max.
Installing triple bypass sliding doors.
It s gonna cost about three hundred bucks for solid wood doors cheaper if you do hollow core the track is about fifty bucks for the hardware.
Then latch the wheels on top of the door onto the back runner of the top track.
Add anti skip discs not shown and hang the door.
So i like to switch my bifold doors into bypass doors.
The task is easier if you predrill the holes and use a drill bit on the drill to secure the screws.
This is an easy diy for anyone.
The combined width of the doors should equal the width of the opening plus at least 1 inch.
Thinner doors may have a wide gap between them.
Select a hardware set part number with track length that accommodates your door widths.
Insert the wheels on the top of the first door into the top track.
Don t see a hardware set that matches your exact door widths johnson track can be cut down to accommodate narrower doors by ordering the next longer track length hardware set for your door widths and cutting the track down.
This provides 1 2 inch of overlap between the two doors when they are closed.
Some minor variations exist among bypass door kits from different manufacturers but they are all easy to install.
Using your level measure 2 above the door opening to locate the wall studs and secure your header board.
Go ahead and mount the header board with 8 trim screws in each stud location.
The runner is what the wheels roll along so the door can slide back and forth.
Today we are taking some standard interior doors and turning them into sliding closet doors.
Once located drill pilot holes with a 1 8 drill bit in the top bolt location then drill with a 7 16 drill.
To install the doors install the track on the top of the door s frame.
Slide the bolt through the hole and mount the rolling hardware then drill the bottom hole.
Commercial grade top hung sliding door hardware wall structure thickness varies with door thickness.
Do the same for the other side.
111md series sliding bypass door hardware.