Sliding cupboard doors/kitchen door ideas

To make the doors slide more easily, you could try sanding the edges and then rubbing them with candle wax. That's the standard treatment for freeing up drawer runners, and might work with sliding doors. Also round off the lower leading corners of the doors slightly, so that they can't dig in and cause the door to tip up rather than slide.

If that doesn't work, have you considered converting them to folding doors. You can buy folding door gear for not all that much. They would also have the advantage of making more of the cupboard accessible at a time.

A folding door might solve your second problem, too. You can buy pairs of half width internal doors for the purpose. They would not protrude into the room anything like as much as a single full width door. Only problem is that they do need a bit a clearance, so might not prevent smells and noises from reaching the other side. But it sounds as if there's no barrier at all at the moment, so they would be an improvement on that!

Folding is a useful thought though I'd like to retain the existing doors if candle wax etc doesn't do the job. I have wondered if there is some sort of runner - similar to like old sledges had - that can be fixed to the bottom of the door.

Certainly worth a look - I'd got a bit fixated on sliding so hadn't given that option much thought before.

Thanks for the input.

They do however take up double the door thickness in the available door ope ning, which can sometimes be critical for getting furniture and appliances through. Most are usually fairly straightforward to unhook from the track t hough if a completely open opening is required.

Owain

In message , AnthonyL writes

You can get PTFE sheet.

Random ebay link, but I'm sure searching would find you some suitable strips.

This is the reason why people have cooker hoods/extractors. Also preserves decorations in kitchen.

Even a simple extract fan would help.

Spray the runners with furniture polish containing silicones

In message , Chris French writes

As a test of viability you could spray the runners with her silicone furniture polish. If that works, the PTFE job should go well.

You can now get PTFE powder, which has worked well for SWMBO's car's sunroof without being horrid and messy.

The extractor fan noise is one of the things I'm hoping to block out.

My wife cooks hot spicy food that even the extensive extractor hood fails to draw in, even when on maximum. And my fried bacon pervades the whole house - even with the extractor on.