HOW TO INSTALL A SLIDING WARDROBE

All of our sliding doors consist of high quality, extruded aluminium frames containing fill panels available in a range of finishes. A multiple panel option is offered allowing you to design truly bespoke combinations of colours in each of your doors. Our doors are supported by adjustable bottom rollers which travel in an aluminium bottom track and top wheels that are guided by an aluminium “E” top track. The aluminium door frame is made of stiles (vertical frame) with integral handle, and rails (horizontal frame). The installation of 15mm/18mm thick battens are recommended (where reasonable) above and below tracks as this enables levelling and squaring of an uneven aperture prior to fitting doors.



S600 STANDARD RANGE
On our Standard siding door range the stiles and rails are screw connected at the bottom corners to unhanded frames containing bearing roller wheel housings that are sprung to permanently engage with the floor track and provide the anti-jump feature. Bottom rollers allow for a vertical adjustment of approximately 18mm overall enabling the doors to be slightly raised on either or both sides. A crossbar is available for our standard door series which joins glass to glass or glass to 8mm board allowing many variable decorative effects. A decorative horizontal bar can also be applied to a single glass / woodgrain panel. These doors are designed for single sided applications only, and are not offered with any of our semi transparent glass finishes. S700 DELUXE RANGE
On our Deluxe sliding door range the stiles are connected directly into the bottom rail extrusion by means of a heavy frame screw. The lower rail conceals the ball bearing bottom roller and anti-jump spring which keeps the roller in the track. Bottom rollers allow for a vertical adjustment of approximately 12mm overall enabling the doors to be slightly raised on either or both sides. A decorative horizontal bar can be applied to Deluxe doors to give a multi panel effect. Upto 5 different 4mm glass and/or 18mm woodgrain panels can also be mixed in the same door to create a totally unique effect. A full range of surface and inset floor tracks are available which can be used for wood, carpet and ceramic tiles. Single and double top tracks are available and can be added together to form a triple track option. Three single floor tracks must be used to support the triple track. Series 700 sliding doors are designed for single sided applications only. THE S725 DOUBLE SIDED RANGE
Our Double Sided doors consist of high quality extruded aluminium framed door panels in a range of 8mm white, and woodgrains, and 4mm & 4+4mm mirror and speciality coloured glass and 6.4mm white laminated for moving screens. The doors can be supplied in a single sided format suitable for wardrobes, or a double sided format suitable for moving screens and walk thoughs into en-suites etc. The bottom rail is connected to the stiles by heavy frame screws. The lower rail conceals the ball bearing bottom roller and anti-jump spring which keeps the roller in the track. Bottom rollers allow for a vertical adjustment of approximately 12mm enabling the doors to be slightly raised on either or both sides. A decorative horizontal bar can be applied to our Double Sided doors to give a multi panel effect, or up to 5 different 4mm & 6.4mm glass and/or 8mm woodgrain panels can be mixed between structural crossbars in the same door to create a totally unique effect. Cross bars are connected to the side stiles with heavy frame screws. A full range of (low threshold) surface tracks and (no trip) inset floor tracks can be supplied with these doors which are available for wood, carpet and ceramic tiled floors. Single and double top tracks are available and can be added together to form a triple track option which is supported by a one piece (low threshold) triple floor track.

TRACKS
Available track options will vary depending on which type of door you have selected. The Standard S600 door type has only the option to use a standard double trackset, while Deluxe S700 and Double Sided S725 series both offer inset floor tracks, and a triple track option on 3 door systems.

Standard Tracksets
Standard tracksets are offered on all of our door ranges, they consist of a double floor track, and a double top guide channel. The floor track will sit on top of the floor track batten, if you're using one, or on the floor and can be secured using screws. The top of the sliding doors each sit inbetween the walls of the top guide channel and are free to move up and down inside it allowing tolerance for run out of floor to ceiling measurements along the width of the sliding door system.






Inset Track Sets
Our inset floor tracks are suitable for the S700 Deluxe, and the S725 Double Sided door ranges, and come in three varieties suitable for carpet, wood floors and tiles. Fitting this type of trackset will require a channel in your floor material to be cut into which the floor track will sit. Unlike our standard trackset, inset floor tracks are supplied singularly (one inset floor track for each track in the system).




Triple Tracksets
Triple tracksets are offered on 3 door systems in our S700 Deluxe, and S725 Doube Sided ranges. The top track guide is supplied in two parts, one double and one single channel, which butt up next to one another. If a triple standard floor track is chosen (as opposed to inset), then it will be supplied as 3 single standard floor tracks.



FINISHED APERTURE WIDTH (MAX 5000mm)

This is the width that the doors will fit after any framework has been installed. This measurement can be actual or predicted. In our example the overall wardrobe width is 2800mm, so the doors would be made to fit 2764mm.... that is 2800mm less the thickness of the wall strip (18mm) and the thickness of the End panel (18mm). If the wardrobe was being fitted wall to wall, then the finished aperture width would be the measurement wall to wall less the thickness of two wall strips 36mm.



FINISHED APERTURE HEIGHT (MAX 2480mm)

This is the height that the doors (and tracks) will fit after any framework has been installed. This measurement can be actual or predicted. In our example, the overall floor to ceiling height is 2400mm so the doors and tracks will be made to fit 2364mm that is 2400mm less the thickness of the top and bottom track battens (less 36mm in total).



FINISHED APERTURE HEIGHT CONTINUED (tips on measuring)

It is important to specify the correct height when ordering.....measure in three places, as shown in (fig 1) that is about 300mm in from each end and in the centre, all at about 600mm from the back wall.



The measurement we will work from when making the doors is the lowest of the three, which will enable the top or/and bottom track batten to be packed out level. The idea is to make the opening as square as possible, so that the doors will work properly within their minimum/maximum adjustment.



FITTING A FLAT WALL STRIP

First of all decide the overall depth of the wardrobe, which is normally between 610mm (minimum) and 660mm (optimum). Next, mark a vertical line on the skirting at the required overall depth and another to show the width of the wall strip.

Drill a series of 4/5mm holes along the lines, and finish by sawing down the drilled lines with a tenon or floorboard saw and remove the piece.

The drill holes are not essential but make the skirting much easier to saw!

The wall strip should be fixed level. Wall strips are supplied at 2620mm tall x 135mm wide and 18mm thick.

The wall strip at 18mm thick, should be as thick, or thicker than the skirting....if it is not then a 4mm thick spacer can be added or 2 if needed so that it sits slightly proud of the skirting.

Two x 75mm wide 4mm thick hardboard spacers are supplied with each wall strip. If one or both need to be fitted, set them back from the front edge so that they are in shadow, and not directly visible.

Finally, face fix the wall strip to the wall with the screws, plugs and caps supplied.

The wall strip should be fixed level.





FITTING AN END PANEL

Standard end panels are supplied at 2620mm high x 660mm deep x 18mm thick edged 2 sides only. XL end panels are supplied 2620mm high x 1070mm deep x 18mm thick and are edged on no sides.

Cut the panel to the required height and depth, and follow the instructions for slotting skirting, and cornice if fitted, and fix the aluminium "U" channel (if one is being used) to the wall, floor and ceiling as shown in (fig 4). The "U" channel, which is not supplied with the end panel, can be cut to size using a fine tooth hacksaw.



FITTING TRACK BATTENS

Having fitted the wall strip(s) and end panel (if used), cut the top and bottom track battens to size, and screw down, leveling the floor batten by packing out underneath where necessary.

Track battens are 2620mm long and come in light, medium and dark wood effect plus white.



FITTING TRACKS

Tracks are usually supplied cut to size, if not, they can be cut quite easily with a fine tooth hacksaw. The top track should be fixed towards the ends, and generally at around 600mm intervals. Fit the front of the track flush with the front edge of the track batten and wall strip/ end panel. The floor track can be fixed down with screws. However, do not fix the floor track until the doors are fitted.. ..see (fig 5).

FITTING DOORS

Fitting the back door(s) first, hold the door at approximately 30 degrees, locate the top of the door in to the back channel (this is easier with two people) and slowly swing the door in to the vertical, and locate the bottom wheels in to the back slot of the floor track and snap the plastic anti-jump legs, on the bottom wheels, in to the track. Repeat this process for all doors.

With all doors fitted and anti-jump legs engaged, use a level and manouver doors and tracks together until vertical. The track can now be fixed down....3 screws will be sufficient.

An adjuster screw can be found on each bottom wheel, and can be used to move the door up or down in the aperture by approximately 25mm or, by adjusting one wheel up or down independently, the door can be made to fit a leaning wall or uneven floor (see fig 6).

Adjust the wheels with a 2 point pozi or flat type screw driver or bit.

BOTTOM WHEEL ADJUSTMENT

There will be approximately 12.5mm of adjusment up or down from the factory set position on the bottom wheels, that is 25mm overall. This adjustment can be used to raise or lower a door or, to adjust a door in to a leaning wall.

Once adjusted, doors should be closed in to their home or (adjusted) position and not on to the other side, where they may not fit....unless the bottom and sides or dead level, and doors are adjusted level

DEALING WITH A CORNICE

Where a cornice is involved, it can be bridged by using an intermediate panel, end on to the wall, and secured in an aluminium channel. Having decided the overall wardrobe depth, minimum 610m m and optimum 660mm, scribe two lines the thickness of the aluminium channel (25mm) and cut the section out using a craft knife or small saw.

Follow (fig 7) for skirting cut out, but remove a 25mm section rather than 100mm.

Screw the channel to the wall.

The width of the Intermediate panel can either be cut down or, it can be used at its full width of 250mm. Next, cut the height to fit between floor and ceiling and insert into the channel, level, and then fix with an 18mm long screw (supplied) by drilling through the side wall of the channel and screwing through in to the panel (from the back).

Lastly, use a wall strip as the return face as in (fig 7). Cut the strip to fit between floor and ceiling and fix to the face of the intermediate panel.....this is best achieved by screwing a batten to the back of the return face, and screwing through the batten in to the intermediate panel (see fig 8). The aluminium channel needs to be ordered separately and can be found in the framing section (click)

PLEASE NOTE

as an alternative to cutting the skirting and or cornice, particularly in older properties where these features might be protected, the wall strip can be scribed around the skirting or cornice rather than cut in.



INTERMEDIATE PANEL Used as base for L.V. lighting

Fig 9 (View from side of the wardrobe) shows an intermediate panel used instead of a top track batten to extend out in front of the top track as a pelmet to fix low voltage lights to. The secret is to leave a 4mm gap between the top of the panel and the ceiling so that the wires can be threaded through the back of the track to the transformer. Hardboard can be used as the spacer. INTERMEDIATE PANEL Used to extend the wardrobe depth

As the recommended minimum depth for a sliding wardrobe is 610mm, some- times an extra piece of framework is necessary to extend the depth around a window, for example, as in (fig 10). Use the same fitting methods as explained for "dealing with a cornice"