Sliding Door - Track Length

sundin13

This may seem like a completely stupid question - but here goes...

I'm planning on having some built in wardrobes made. I want to buy two sliding doors, and the track - then I'll hopefully get a joiner to make the frame and build shelving etc inside.

The standard Homebase door widths are 610mm and 914mm. As the space I have is 2m wide, I'll be looking for 2x914mm.

Now here's my question - the track is sold in lengths 1803 and 2692. Will 1803 be enough for 1828mm worth of doors (i.e. do they overlap) or do I have to buy the larger one and cut it down?

Thanks, in advance
S13

phill99

Why are you having 2 doors of 914 when you have 2000mm of opening? There will be a gap of nearly 7 inches. The doors wont meet. You would be better off with three 610mm doors.

sundin13

phill99 wrote: »

Why are you having 2 doors of 914 when you have 2000mm of opening? There will be a gap of nearly 7 inches. The doors wont meet. You would be better off with three 610mm doors.

The space in which the wardrobes will be built is 2m - I assume that the joiner will only make an opening the width of the doors. And the reason I'm going for 2, is that if I have 3, the maximum width that can be open at any time will be 60cm, so I thought it might be better to just have the 2 at 90cm each.

phill99

Oh. You didn't explain that. But if you had a triple runnimng treack you could have 1200mm open at any one time! Od get a 1803 running set and get the joiner to put a blanking piece on each end to bring the width in.

sundin13

Ah, triple running track! Didn't know such a thing existed - but not a bad idea.


So doors totaling 1828 or 1830mm can still work on a track only 1803 long though?

lesalanos

phill99 wrote: »

Why are you having 2 doors of 914 when you have 2000mm of opening? There will be a gap of nearly 7 inches. The doors wont meet. You would be better off with three 610mm doors.

2 * 914 = 1828

3 * 610 = 1830

The gap at the end will be the same whichever one is chosen.

lesalanos

Now here's my question - the track is sold in lengths 1803 and 2692. Will 1803 be enough for 1828mm worth of doors (i.e. do they overlap) or do I have to buy the larger one and cut it down?

There will be an overlap to ensure that there is not a visible gap. I would imagine that if that is the sizes that they sell then somebody who gets a paid a lot of money to measure such things has carried out numerous scientific experimants and discovered that 1803 mm is the precise length required for 2 910mm doors. You will be fine with that length depending on what the fitter will be using to fill the 197mm left.