Installing Bifold Doors - Fine Homebuilding
17. Aligners keep the guide doors flush with one another. Metal tabs called aligners are installed about 12 in. above the floor on the backside of the bifold doors. As the doors are brought together, the aligners engage one another to snap the doors closed. For more photos and details, click the View PDF button below:
Problem-Free Pocket Doors - Fine Homebuilding
Help with heavy doors. Fastened with four screws, the 1-in.-wide by 1-1⁄4-in.-deep U-channels receive the rollers and make it easier to hang the door. Cut a groove. Using a fence and a 3⁄8-in. straight bit, cut a groove in the bottom of the door for the plastic floor guide that keeps the door centered in the pocket.
Bifold door on drywall. What to do with bottom corner?
2016年11月30日 · Nick. Cut the "jamb" pc of drywall short 8" and fill in with a pc of plywood the same thickness. Tape that joint and corner bead the opening. Use real Durabond 20,45, or 90 as a first coat in finishing at least. By the way, I'd look to using Johnson 1700 bifold hardware. Doors hang from the top and are merely guided by the bottom bracket.
bifold door questions - Fine Homebuilding
2006年5月20日 · A good rule of thumb is to build the rough frame, the size of the door plus 2 1/4" - 2 1/2" both in width and height. The bifolds are already sized for the gaps and hardware. In general 3/4" boards are used for the jambs and you need some extra to shim them plumb. A 24" door is sized to fit a 24" finished opening.
Frame a Door Rough Opening - Fine Homebuilding
Door widths vary, but an easy way to size the rough opening is to use the door width plus 5 in. as the distance between the king studs. There are three simple rules to framing rough openings efficiently: Minimize layout marks; maintain a simple, consistent nailing pattern; and avoid toenailing when possible. 1. Mark all the plates at once.
Plane or rip doors to fit - Fine Homebuilding
2008年1月24日 · Problem is that the opening widths are not standard. For example, three doorways have widths of 47 1/8 inches, so the doors will need to be trimmed. I’ve already installed one set of doors in the same size opening, and I trimmed those down with a power plane, about 1/32″-1/16″ each pass (results were pretty good).
Bifold-Drywall or wood trim finish - Fine Homebuilding
2005年1月21日 · Make your rough opening about 2" wider and about 1" taller than the door, harware and carpet clearance. Assemble your jambs, place them in the opening and use tapered shims to get the jambs plumb and level. Then apply the casings. Match the rest of the house.
Shorten a Bifold Door - Fine Homebuilding
2003年4月27日 · Marking the nail with your finger, take the nail out and measure to the bottom of the nail head. Voila. Still probably a good idea to do any trimming for height by splitting the trim between the top and bottom rails so the pivots have an equal amount to hold on to. The stiles you can see (from the top or bottom) are 13/16" thick.
Adding doors to already finished openings - Fine Homebuilding
2011年8月17日 · Adding doors to already finished openings. Hello, I’m a do-it-yourself, amateur carpenter. We just bought a house with finished interior openings that have no doors that open to the living room and dining room off the entryway. We’d like to install doors in these finished openings. Two openings are 36-inches wide and there is one 24-inch ...
Bifold door without track - Fine Homebuilding
2012年10月9日 · well. You don't need a track on the bottom, but one on the top that guides the one end is a good idea. It also keeps the darn thing shut (friction on the one end hitting a rubber bumper. But, if you don't want that, Hinges for the one side and a door stop to suggest it stop there and stay. Might be able to hold the opposite hinge end with a ...