Going to build a cupboard and I am thinking hinged doors will be hard to do right, whereas sliding mirror doors - should be easy. As far as I can tell the doors will overlap each other and the track is often cutable so the exact width is not a problem. The height though, may need a door cut to length. Does that exist?
TW
Screwfixwardrobes will do cut to size and allow up to 15mm addition with a packing piece on the bottom rail.
** If it's toughened glass it can't be cut down after toughening. **Owain
Maybe but provided the apertures are made square and plumb with the non squareness and plumb of the building taken up with the architrave.
Track has to be level and the lower rail parallel.
Bear in mind that with three panels you can only have slightly less than a single panel width open open at any time. 4 panels up to two widths.
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And I should imagine this will have to be toughened or laminated glass. and fairly thick (10 mm?) so each quite heavy.
Make sure you support the tracks strongly and keep an eye on the dimensions exactly, as a tiny movement can make the door fall out. I have an old fitted wardrobe like this and the bottom and top runners are sagging. Not helped by an upper cupboard being full of paint tins, don't ask!
Brian
Yes, my doors seem to be made of two bits of hardboard and two vertical stiffeners of timber. Long run, and that is why the issues. Also easy to get fingers caught between doors and the gap lets in a lot of muck. Hinged doors can be more dust tight, but for me are dangerous for walking into. Brian
The glass in my (removed but not discarded) Stanley sliding mirror doors is only 4mm.
We had some mirror doors made to order for a hall cupboard. It was a long time ago so I can?t recall the price. We used a local small trader who does fitted bedrooms. He?d done our wardrobes etc.
A family member had some MDF doors made by a company they found on the Internet. Quite impressive. You send the measurements and they quote depending on size and style from a range. You can add the fittings for hinges, folding, sliding etc.
Do a search on mdf doors.
On ours, the weight is carried on the bottom wheels.
Two wheels at the top are steadies, they don?t carry weight, and are sprung to allow for things being uneven or not quite parallel.
Off the shelf doors I fitted myself in a previous house worked the same.
it has fitted padded trays for kittens?
Ours are top hung but timber. Track at the bottom stikes me as asking to get damaged by being kicked or stood on and/or get clogged with dust after a while.
Just small, short, nylon guides on the bottom rail.
I was thinking more of appearence if the rails weren't parallel,
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