Johnson Hardware 138F Series Sliding Bypass Door Hardware (48 Inch - 2 Door System)
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Yes, I did that and hung four doors; the middle joint must be perfectly aligned for the door to slide smoothly over it.
The Johnson 138F Track and Hardware Kit is compatible with doors ranging in thickness from 1" to 1 3/8". However, the thinner the doors are, the more space between them as they slide past one another.
I'm not sure what it means, but I assumed it meant the combined maximum weight of both panels. My cabinet has two 36" solid wood panel doors, which work perfectly! The operation is very smooth. We've never used a better track than this. I hope this information is useful.
Yes, I bought two of these and had to cut them down to size. When using a sawsall, use a fine-toothed metal saw blade. In less than 30 seconds, you'll be able to slash through it.
Selected User Reviews For Johnson Hardware 138F Series Sliding Bypass Door Hardware (48 Inch - 2 Door System)
This sliding door track is of excellent quality, and I am very pleased with it. This is a very strong product that can hold doors weighing hundreds of pounds. br>br>Installed against the ceiling (had to re-install it). aligning the "new" holes with the rafters). The front "lip" allows you to cover the gap between the door and the track with a board or whatever you want. To make our custom-made cedar board "flow" with our custom-made cedar board, we used a matching cedar board. Sliding cedar doors were custom-built. br>br>Because the space behind our doors was only 10", hanging was a difficult process. Working as a single person was nearly impossible. Sliding tracks have "feet" that connect to hardware attached to the top of each door, which was the problem. To squeeze those "feet" into passages with only one person available and a door off the floor - There was a BATTLE! br>br>I would advise the manufacturer to make taller pockets on the hardware that attaches to the door so that the "feet" from the tracks can slide more easily and sliding locks aren't required to keep them in place. I hope this is clear. br>br>So, a piece of advice - if you're in a "constrained" situation - Have a second set of hands ready to help with the door hanging. br>br>It came out beautifully - Please look at the photos! SLIDING WITHOUT EXERCISE AND WITHOUT EFFORT!.
I wish I had purchased and installed this sliding door hardware when I purchased the house we now live in 20 years ago. The original sliding door hardware was never reliable, and the doors would frequently fall off their tracks. The new Johnson hardware looks like the doors will never come off the tracks unintentionally (I've installed it on two sets of doors). To install the hardware, you'll need some basic handyman skills; the instructions are clear, but you'll need to be aware of what you're doing and capable of aligning the new track and drilling holes to secure it. Each set of hardware took me 2 or 3 hours to install on my own; having a helper would have made the process much faster and easier.
This product is what you need if your wife is having trouble opening and closing the closet doors in your house. My closet is 48" wide and has two bypassing doors that are 1 3/8" thick. The doors are made of wood and are slightly heavier (but not excessively so) than the other doors. Installing is not difficult if you are a do-it-yourselfer; if you are not, simply read the instructions and follow the diagrams and you will be fine (advice: do not become frustrated). I made some preparations for the installation, and it went off without a hitch. My wife now adores me even more. L's designers are to be commended. Thank you, Johnson & Johnson and Amazon, for providing me with the opportunity to resolve my issue. I'm going to include a picture of the doors.
Closet doors get a lot of abuse from my children. In their rooms, all of the bypass doors are jammed shut. I used these hangers to replace one of them. Because none of the screws were phillips head, the most difficult part was removing the old hardware. I had to use my sawjaw to cut an inch off the track; mounting was simple; however, the switch required me to cut 1/2 inch off the doors. Getting the hangers into the fittings on the top of the doors is the most difficult part. To get the right height, I shimmed the doors with scraps of wood, but be careful; there's a high risk of finger pinching, especially if you're doing it with two people. The closet lights were string pulls that were constantly breaking, so I replaced the bulbs with motion detect LEDs and removed the string.
I bought two 138F 72-inch TVs, and they're fantastic once they're up and running. The Johnson Hardware 1xxF Series Sliding Bypass Door Hardware instructions, on the other hand, could be a lot better. They will tell you what to do, but they will not tell you how to do it. The item's Amazon description includes a number of videos, but they are all for other items. I couldn't find a video that showed how to actually install the doors on the Johnson Hardware website or on the Internet, such as YouTube. With solid wood doors weighing in at around 100 pounds each, they were extremely difficult to hang. The doors, hanger mounting plates, hangers, and track were all assembled and placed under the closet frame in the last set I installed. I pushed the two bypass doors together and to one side, then lifted them up against the frame with four plastic tree falling wedges on both doors. Then, on the side of the hangar that was free of the doors, I screwed them in. Then I slid the doors to the other side while maintaining upward tension on them, adding screws as the holes became available. I placed two wedges under each door and lightly tapped them with a hammer to raise them. This worked perfectly and eliminated the need for me to crawl to the inside of the closet, past the stacked shelves, raise the door, and insert the hanger plate into the hanger, which required three hands, a flashlight, and a mirror. I would have loved to see a video of Johnson Hardware doing this. If the installation was easier and the instructions were more thorough, I would have given the product five stars.
We didn't want anything that swung into one of the rooms because they were both small, so a pocket door or something similar was the best option. Everything we came across was both costly and difficult to set up. So we bought this hardware, two slab doors, and made one of them stationary while using the other as a sliding door. It works perfectly and provides plenty of privacy, especially since the room we added on is now a bedroom. These things are incredibly quiet and silky smooth. Without having to struggle, you can open the door with your fingernail. I didn't do it myself, but given how simple they are, I'm sure I could have. The issue was that there was no existing door jamb in this location, so I had my handyman build one after tearing out the old door. br>br>This item is of excellent quality and represents a good value for money when compared to the alternatives, which may be less expensive but are also inferior. I expect these to last decades rather than just a few years.
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