Doors and Windows - pocket door

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alabbadessa
10-24-04, 06:24 AM
can someone out there tell me how to adjust a pocket door?
my door needs to be re adjusted, and i am wondering if i have to remove the mouldings to do this.


thanks for any help


NutAndBoltKing
10-24-04, 06:37 AM
From:

http://www.ehow.com/how_114817_tune-sliding-doors.html

Pocket doors

Steps:
1. The door brackets on the top of the door hook onto hanger bolts suspended from a pair of two- or four-wheel trolleys that ride in the track. To access the hanger bolt for adjustment, remove the stop and the split (two-piece) head jamb on one side of the door. This can be quite tricky or easy, depending on how the door fastens together. If you see screws, remove them.

2. If you don't see any screws, carefully pry off the stop and look again for screws that may secure the split jamb to the frame of the pocket door. (Look for putty indentations that might indicate the location of the screws.)

3. If the casing is nailed to the jamb, it shouldn't be. Pry the pieces apart enough to cut the nails with a hacksaw blade, or drive each nail through the casing with a nail set and hammer.

4. Use an open-ended wrench to turn the hanger bolt and level the door. (If you don't have the thin open-ended wrench required to adjust the locknut on a four-wheel trolley, you can lift the door off the trolley, adjust the nut and rehang it. Test and repeat as needed.)

5. When you've properly adjusted the door, tighten the locknut, then reinstall the trim and touch up the paint as needed.


Overall Tips:
Adjusting the right side of a sliding door up or the left side down produces the same results. Decide whether you want the door higher or lower, and let that determine how you level it. For a narrow gap across the top, you'll want it higher, but to engage a floor guide, you'll want it lower