How Do I Fit Sliding Wardrobe Doors?

Sliding wardrobe doors run smoothly for years when the tracks are right and fight you forever when they are not, which is why almost all of this job happens in the first ten minutes. This guide takes you through the sequence in order: checking the opening in three places, levelling and shimming the bottom track, plumbing the top track directly above it rather than measuring down from a sloping ceiling, then hanging the rear door before the front. We explain how to set the roller adjustment to an even closing gap, and how two simple symptoms diagnose nearly every fault, a door that drifts open and a door that binds halfway. There is also guidance on the internal depth sliding channels consume, the mistakes worth avoiding, and when a ready made unit is the more sensible choice....