Comments on: Hardware for Bifold Doors http://blog.diyshutters.com/2009/02/15/hardware-for-bifold-doors/ Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jim http://blog.diyshutters.com/2009/02/15/hardware-for-bifold-doors/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Jim Thu, 19 May 2011 04:09:01 +0000 http://www.diyshutters.com/blog/?p=734#comment-493 Hi Lynn, We actually make all of our shutters and doors custom sized so a 20" wide door is possible. If you did want to go with a stock door there is sliding door hardware that mounts to the face of the wall above the opening. This would allow you to have a door that is larger than the opening AND slide it entirely out of the way so that you can have full access to the opening. Keep in mind though that you will need to have 24" of clear space to the side of the opening so that when you slide the door out of the way it does not hit anything. I hope this helps. - Jim Hi Lynn, We actually make all of our shutters and doors custom sized so a 20″ wide door is possible. If you did want to go with a stock door there is sliding door hardware that mounts to the face of the wall above the opening. This would allow you to have a door that is larger than the opening AND slide it entirely out of the way so that you can have full access to the opening. Keep in mind though that you will need to have 24″ of clear space to the side of the opening so that when you slide the door out of the way it does not hit anything. I hope this helps. – Jim

]]> By: Lynn http://blog.diyshutters.com/2009/02/15/hardware-for-bifold-doors/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Lynn Wed, 18 May 2011 18:10:12 +0000 http://www.diyshutters.com/blog/?p=734#comment-486 I have a narrow opening for the door, 20" wide. Since the smallest width I can find is 24 in a louvered door, is it possible to mount outside the opening? Also, I would need to put a full access hinge on since this houses an air handler and I would need to be able to remove/replace an air filter. thanks in advance -Lynn I have a narrow opening for the door, 20″ wide. Since the smallest width I can find is 24 in a louvered door, is it possible to mount outside the opening? Also, I would need to put a full access hinge on since this houses an air handler and I would need to be able to remove/replace an air filter.

thanks in advance
-Lynn

]]> By: bifold doors http://blog.diyshutters.com/2009/02/15/hardware-for-bifold-doors/comment-page-1/#comment-131 bifold doors Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:13:27 +0000 http://www.diyshutters.com/blog/?p=734#comment-131 I really like your post you done a great jobs . Thanks for sharing valuable information. I really like your post you done a great jobs . Thanks for sharing valuable information.

]]> By: Jim Lapic http://blog.diyshutters.com/2009/02/15/hardware-for-bifold-doors/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Jim Lapic Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:15:00 +0000 http://www.diyshutters.com/blog/?p=734#comment-8 Hi Eric, I want to make sure I understand where exactly you want to mount the shutters. Do you want them mounted on to the sliding doors themselves or so that they overlap the entire opening of sliding doors? Also, will the shutters be a fixed louver or operable louver? Most of the sliding door hardware by Johnson Hardware does not require a bottom track. Instead they use a small guide placed on the floor only where the shutters or doors would overlap when closed. If you can answer my questions above I will be able to give you more specific help. Jim Hi Eric,

I want to make sure I understand where exactly you want to mount the shutters. Do you want them mounted on to the sliding doors themselves or so that they overlap the entire opening of sliding doors?

Also, will the shutters be a fixed louver or operable louver?

Most of the sliding door hardware by Johnson Hardware does not require a bottom track. Instead they use a small guide placed on the floor only where the shutters or doors would overlap when closed.

If you can answer my questions above I will be able to give you more specific help.

Jim

]]> By: eric naiker http://blog.diyshutters.com/2009/02/15/hardware-for-bifold-doors/comment-page-1/#comment-7 eric naiker Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:11:00 +0000 http://www.diyshutters.com/blog/?p=734#comment-7 Hi I am thinking of getting a 2 panel shutter louvre fitted to my sliding door where one shutter will pass the other when opening. Will this take up alot of space outside the existing door frame and do I have to have a track mounted on the floor to suport the shutters? I am concerned that this track on the floor could be a hazard and will also look untidy. I have tiles on the floor. Is there any other methods or hardware that could be used to avoid this. The size of the existing door is height 1.2m and 1.4 wide. Your feedback will be highly appreciated. Thank you eric Hi

I am thinking of getting a 2 panel shutter louvre fitted to my sliding door where one shutter will pass the other when opening. Will this take up alot of space outside the existing door frame and do I have to have a track mounted on the floor to suport the shutters? I am concerned that this track on the floor could be a hazard and will also look untidy. I have tiles on the floor. Is there any other methods or hardware that could be used to avoid this. The size of the existing door is height 1.2m and 1.4 wide.

Your feedback will be highly appreciated.

Thank you

eric

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