Sliding Door Technical Information

Please scroll down the page for technical information about top and bottom tracks, doors, strike plates and end panels

Top Track
The top track acts as a guide for the doors and from the front looks like a small pelmet above the doors. The face of the top track is finished to match your frame colour choice. The weight is on the bottom of the doors so the top track can be screwed to the ceiling using plasterboard plugs.
The top track measures 76mm from front to back.
The doors run within the 76mm of the top track.
 


top track butting up against
 a strike plate

top track butting up to end panel
 showing ceiling fixing

 

Bottom Track
The bottom track measures 49mm from front to back and is very slim, measuring only approximately 7.5mm at its highest point. It is colour matched to the plain coloured frames, however with woodgrain effect frames the bottom track is supplied in the solid colour only.
The wheels are housed within the door frame, and we recommend that the bottom track is either fitted on top of your floor covering or is fitted on top of a batten the approximate height of your intended floor covering so the floor covering can butt up to the batten. For a neat finish strike plates may be used for the batten.
The bottom track can either be screwed down, or on solid floors can be fixed with adhesive or double sided tape.


bottom track fixed to top of
strike plate with carpet butting up

bottom track screwed down
 on top of carpet

 


bottom track on top of carpet butting up to strike plate

 

NB: The top and bottom track are supplied slightly longer than required to allow for variation in the size of the room. They can be cut to fit on site. When fitting the tracks, line up the back of the top and bottom track.

 

 

Doors
The doors are surrounded by a frame which also acts as a handle and arrive complete with guides at the top and wheels at the bottom. The wheels are made from polypropylene with metal roller bearings. Doors can be adjusted up or down using the allen key provided (see picture below)
The doors need a vertical surface to butt up to to stop them running off the tracks. They can be fitted wall to wall, wall to end panel or end panel to end panel.
 


 
   

 

Strike Plates
Strike plates provide a flat surface for the doors to butt up to. They are made from melamine faced chipboard and measure 2620mm long x 100mm wide x 18mm thick, you can cut them to the length you require. For each strike plate used 18mm needs to be taken off your total opening width measurement or if using as a plinth take 18mm off your opening height measurement.
Strike plates are offered in a variety of colours to compliment either the frame or the panel colours.


skirting board  cut and strike plate attached to wall

strike plate fitted above skirting board

no strike plate
 

 


strike plate used as batten
for carpet to butt up to

 

 

End Panels
End panels are supplied in the same finishes as the strike plates and co-ordinate with the frame or the panel colours. They measure 2620mm long x 640mm wide and 18mm thick so you can cut them to the length you require on site. They are fixed with modesty/half blocks on the ceiling, wall and floor.


end panel scribed
 around skirting board

end panel square cut
 to fit over skirting board

skirting board fit up to
end panel

 


modesty/half blocks used to
attach end panel

Back Lighting

To ensure our products meet British Safety Standards our glass undergoes a process to ensure it is safe in all home environments. This does mean that with direct light behind the doors, very occasionally some bubbles or small lines may be seen.

Many customers have fitted back lighting with no adverse effect,  however we do not recommend this. So, if you backlight our glass doors please note that you are doing so at your own risk.

 

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Claro Court Business Centre, Claro Road, Harrogate HG1 4BA

Tel.  01423 50 20 40