I'm gonna show you how to install some sliding doors.
The tools I'm going to be using are my impact driver and drill.
I've got my ruler and tape, pencil and drill bits.
My spanner, screwdriver, my door tracks, screws, door stops, a square for doing some lines.
I've got my work horses here for putting my doors on so I can install the top of my door
tracks.
Step ladder, spare level, my two tracks and, of course, my two doors.
The type of doors I'm going to use are some made-to-order doors that are a little bit
higher than a standard door.
I've also got some glassing that will allow the light to pass through the room.
But you can pick solid timber doors, doors that suit your style that already are in your
house.
Painted or stained, there is many different styles you can use, so pick which one's the
best.
My first step is to put my tracks up.
I need to find the center of the door opening itself.
To do that, I'm gonna measure it, center it, and then put a mark up in here.
It will tell me exactly the center of the doorway and, that way, I can put either track
on either side.
It is important, when you're looking at installing sliding doors that you do check with the instructions
that come with your kit.
They will tell you the heights that you need above your door for your track height and
your runner height and any recommended floor clearances as well.
One of the other thing that you will need to do is make sure that the timber you're
fixing to is nice and level as well.
And it is reasonably crucial that when you put your roller's tracks in that they are
nice and level.
I've worked out the height that I need my track to go into.
I'm now going to drill and screw it into position.
I've got the first track up.
Now, it's the same process.
We'll also put the second side of the track up.
I'm now gonna install the wheels for the doors to run along the track.
Now, again, referring back to the instructions that come with your kit, my instructions tell
me that the edge of my roller must be 75 mil away from the edge of my door.
So now what I'm going to do is I'm going to measure/mark those.
Once that's done, we'll pre-drill and screw those onto the door.
I've now measured and marked according to my instructions, and I've put a center line
in there so I can pre-drill and screw my wheel on.
Now, I'll do the same thing on the other side of the door, and repeat that same process
on my second door.
I'm going to hang my door now onto my track.
What I've done is I've loosened this off a little bit.
It makes it a little bit easier to try and get it sitting up on top of the track.
Of course, if you find that those doors are a little bit too big for you, you can get
a friend to give you a hand.
So this is my door guide I'm now gonna install.
It needs to be done before doing my final adjustments.
It's adjustable in its width.
So, it's designed to go at the base of the door, and it stops the door from flapping
around.
It just keeps it running nice and smooth at the floor.
Instructor: When installing a door guide to the base of your door, consider the finished
height of your door and any floor coverings you've got.
I've installed both door runners now and that keeps the bottom of both doors nice and aligned,
and nice and secure.
Now I'm gonna adjust the height of both doors and make sure they're in line.
I've got this door in the center.
I now need to bring this one along to meet it.
And with the adjustments at the top, I can now get the height right and close up this
gap down the middle.
So I'm gonna use this spanner here.
That will allow me to lift the door up and down, and make final adjustments to make sure
they're all nice and flush.
Next step will be to install the bump stops.
What those do is they stop the door from traveling too far in either direction.
These holes are pre-drilled to take these bump stops.
So it's just a matter of aligning the bump stop over those holes, closest one to the
wheel on top of the door, and that's where I fit it off.
I've installed the center bump stops on the door now.
The next thing I need to do is install these end stops.
That stops the door from traveling off the end of the track.
I've got three holes up in the top there.
That's used for locating the screws through this bump stop, and also secures the last
part of the track.
And that's the installation finished.
The last thing I do now is to really tidy that you put a pelmet over the top, and that's
how you install sliding doors.