How Do You Make Sliding Wardrobe Doors?

Building sliding wardrobe doors is a realistic weekend project provided you divide the job correctly: you make the panels and you buy the running gear, because roller quality decides whether the doors glide or grind for years. This guide sets out sensible material choices, how to calculate panel height after deducting the track allowance, and why each door needs around forty millimetres of overlap to avoid a gap at the join. We cover cutting large boards accurately, framing the perimeter so a panel cannot bow, sealing both faces, and the practicalities of paint, veneer and safety backed mirror. There is guidance on choosing rollers rated above your finished door weight, hanging the rear panel first, and finishing details such as recessed pulls, brush seals and keeping grit out of the bottom channel....