I went to a funeral today in Glenview, IL. It was an magnificent catholic church with gold leaf and the works. The church had a nave, transepts, apse, choir and amblatory.
Behind the crossing was a large arch with a pocket door. It looked to be 20′ high. I wish I had been there to watch them install it!
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i thought you were going to say it was 20' wide. that would be miraculous.
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You get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.
Marv
Edited 12/6/2008 9:47 pm by Marv
In my former hometown, there is a church that has a room divider between the sanctuary and the fellowship hall. When the service is done, they simply lift the wall up, and enjoy the 'coffee hour'.
I'd guess it was built in the 20's, and the mechanism still works.
Putting a normal sized pocket door in an arched opening is rare and challenge enough. That is impressive. I have installed one (thought it was an original idea at the time--though not my idea) and heard of one other.
Thanks for posting that.
Here is a pic of the one I did:
That's nice. How did you get the door in the pocket? Now you see this one-eyed midget
Shouting the word "NOW"
And you say, "For what reason?"
And he says, "How?"
And you say, "What does this mean?"
And he screams back, "You're a cow
Give me some milk
Or else go home"
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They sure ain't infallible, a fix has gotta be a beech. Now you see this one-eyed midget
Shouting the word "NOW"
And you say, "For what reason?"
And he says, "How?"
And you say, "What does this mean?"
And he screams back, "You're a cow
Give me some milk
Or else go home"
The door is hung in a standard pocket door frame, before adding the arch. I plowed a 1/2" recess in the frame where the arch encroaches on the opening and sheetrocked the arched corners. Then added the curved split-jamb and arched casing.When asked if I could do that job, I said yes, but if it needs maintenance--the bill will be big. Adjusting the hang of the door on the trolley can be accomplished by cutting a small hole in the drywall for a wrench, adjust, then patch.It could be a headache... but it is kinda cool. It is the only one I have seen in person.Closed, it gives the impression of an arched door, for a fraction of the price (standard square top door).
Gotcha. Got a pair of 4/0 8/0 $2500ea convergers to hang tomorrow...damaged twice in trips over from Germany... hos have been waiting over a year... gotta go find the kid gloves. Now you see this one-eyed midget
Shouting the word "NOW"
And you say, "For what reason?"
And he says, "How?"
And you say, "What does this mean?"
And he screams back, "You're a cow
Give me some milk
Or else go home"
Sounds like fun. Watch your back... I mean lift carefully (they sound heavy).The arched opening like I made for the pocket door can be used on one side of a regular swinging door, if someone wants that look in a room and the door opens out. FWIW.Have a good day (my day started with a frozen pipe--below zero last night), yipee!Brian
I did one that shape, but about 54" wide. They wanted a pair to slide two ways apart, but there happened to be a chimney mass in the way on one side.So I framed it all and built a door to look like two meeting at center, h8ung it, then built the sheetrock and trim dropping the elipse around it. No pics - that was BD -before digital
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That makes 4.Sounds like a good one.I've heard of one pocket door here that goes vertical (with weights and pulleys like a double hung window).
I wonder if they have any safety redundancy built into that one to avoid the old guillotine efect
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My guess would be that two sash cords or chains are unlikely to fail at once. One failing would let the door down, but not too fast.
I love the old churches. The one I grew up going to was built in the 1900's (great Grandpa was involved somehow). During Mass instead of listening to Mass I'd wonder how they built it.
So I am not the only person who did that.