Double pocket doors

[Don]

I am in the process of installing two 18"pocket doors in my closet. I was wondering if there was a standard method of "stopping them" so they do not over run from each end and make them stop in the middle when opened?

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Thanks Don

[Don Wiss]

Opened? Or closed?

My 114 year old pocket doors have stops in the middle. Here is a picture of one of them:

Don (e-mail link at home page bottom).

[CR]

Some use a stop in the middle of the top jam, others use a stop on the back side of the door that hits the jam but can be swiveled up and out of the way with a knife to let the door come out far enough to be removed. Don't scrimp on cheap hardware or you will fight them forever.

CR

[Don]