Making Pocket Doors Work. WHOEE!
For two years I have been pondering how to make my beautiful pockets doors effortlessly open/close. Every time I tried, I would give up, frustrated. HOW was I ever going to get the doors right????????
Then Stephen, God love ’em, saved the day.
For two years I worried that the pocket doors might never be right. Tonight, I am 100% confident that the beautiful doors will all soon glide with exquisite ease. Incredible. Wow!!!!!!!! It seems a miracle.
Now, I am breathless with anticipation about how to get new wheels!
A REQUEST
I hope everybody reading this post will close their eyes, smile wide, and send Stephen magical thoughts.
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St Stephen and St Bo, patron saints of the Cross House.
Awesomeness!!! That is all I have!
Glad it was not a huge task taking them out. Does the pocket door guy you talked about in an earlier post know the answer for replacing the wheels.
I am very happy to see that you avoided demo. Maybe McMaster-Carr has some rollers that might work. Hopefully the little axles didn’t get damaged. I think you’ll find something.
Would love to see a video of how they came off the track!
That is really great! It is fun to go down these rabbit-holes on the internet to find solutions. Great work!
Ross- thanks to this post, you helped to save our doors too.
I am SOOOOOOOOOO excited for you! Thanks for letting me know.
But Stephen is the real hero! The man is a national treasure!
I am binge-reading this saga from beginning-to-current and am certain that you have long-since put this project to rest (I’ll probably read all about it in the next post!). But I felt that I needed to comment and share with you my father’s approach to restoring a set of pocket doors- he rigged up a new track system, and harvested new wheels from his rollerblades! (Why yes, this was the 90’s- thanks for asking) Certainly an approach nowhere near suitable for the magnificent Cross House, but the doors really do roll smooth to this day 🙂
Hi Kirsten!
Yes! Please keep reading. You will be delighted with the outcome!
Ross
This post is exactly what I needed to finally fix the pocket doors in the 1920s apartment I rent. My place has been not-so-lovingly maintained by the landlord over the years–think layers and layers of paint over gorgeous original hardware (sob). I think I have the exact same track system and similarly ruined wheels. It looks like from the post two back that I just have to remove the lower part of the track to get the doors off. Thank you to you, and thank you to Stephen!
Can I ask how you got replacement rollers? As mentioned, this is a rental so I’m hoping there will be a cost-effective part that will work!