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When I left off last week, I had dry-fit the doors and tested hanging them in the opening. The doors fit nicely but didn’t roll well. I had tested the track location with a sample rolling only at the top of the opening. I didn’t allow for the presence of an obstruction at the bottom.
The track that I’m using is designed for bypass closet doors (so it has two tracks). I chose this for a simple reason—it’s a lot cheaper than Pocket Door hardware. This is, after all, the doorway between my workshop and our garage. There was no place in the opening that allowed the door to pass correctly on either track, regardless of which side I hung the door. The track needed to be ⅜” (9.5mm) closer to the workshop. An adjustment was required. Fortunately, I was able to cut notches in the steel track and hang it exactly where it needed to be.
Once the dry-fit doors were hung on the track and tested, I was ready to glue the doors together and hang them for good. The process is explained in the captions, and I’ve stacked the photos in order so the (longer than usual) captions are visible.
The doors have been hung and are operational. They fit well and roll easily. All that remains is a light sanding, a coat of paint, some weather stripping to keep sawdust out of the pockets and a couple of recessed door pulls.
The doors work well and look pretty good. I’m not going to try to paint them until the temperature and humidity are at reasonable levels. I’ll probably add a few more trim pieces before then.
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