thomashenry
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I've installed some Ikea wardrobe cabinets along one side of my bedroom, and now need to build a wall-wall-floor ceiling frame and sliding doors to sit in front of the cabinets. Total width 3.5m, hight 2.4m, and I'm going to have two doors at 1m wide on the outsides, and 2 of .75m wide on the inside.
I'm going to make the doors of 20mm thick poplar frames with 9mm ply panels, each one 6 panels I would imagine.
Ideally I don't want to use any hardware - I'd prefer the doors to just sit and slide in channels in the frame. Is this realistic, or will a 75x230m door tip rather than slide? I'd put some low friction feet on the doors (graphite, PTFE, whatever), and I guess I could line the bottom of the channels with something as well.
Anyone have any direct experience of trying this... and failing/succeeding?
I'm going to make the doors of 20mm thick poplar frames with 9mm ply panels, each one 6 panels I would imagine.
Ideally I don't want to use any hardware - I'd prefer the doors to just sit and slide in channels in the frame. Is this realistic, or will a 75x230m door tip rather than slide? I'd put some low friction feet on the doors (graphite, PTFE, whatever), and I guess I could line the bottom of the channels with something as well.
Anyone have any direct experience of trying this... and failing/succeeding?