So a homeowner calls me about a double set of pocket doors that have been captured inside the wall by the tile installer who set the tile and now the doors do not open.
I told her I would give it some thought as to how to get them out and adjust or trim the bottoms to work properly.
Any ideas aside from cutting the drywall to get to the rollers?
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You should be able to get a small wonder bar under the door edge and lift it up enough to pull the door out. Then get to the adjuster on the trolley ( if so equipped) and jack it up.
Then find the tile guy and staple the bill to his forehead.
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I would have liked to have done that but the bottom of the door is about 3/4" of an inch below the top of the tile. They set a full mortar bed and then set the tile.
But I do agree with the idea of stapling the invoice to hios forehead. Although the HO will be paying so maybe she can do it to him?
Welp, you got a job ahead of ya then. Start cutting the wall board.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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So have you tried prying the door upward hard against the track to see if you can raise it above the tile? You could drive a screw into the edge of the door for a handle, if you can't get a bar under it?
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Idiot.
I cobbled one years ago where low-pile carpet was taken up and replaced with thick berber. Same idiot installer, I think. Anyway, I took off the stop and trimmed the door, an inch at a time, with my Multimaster. Cut each side, then cut out the chip, closed the door another inch, lather, rinse, repeat. It was tedius, but it worked.
Cleaned it up a little after the door would slide in and out.
Greg
What would be wrong with attempting to cut the bottom edge of the door as the door is slowly pulled out of the wall using a Fein Multimaster saw? Even if it was a ragged cut once it's clear of the wall you could take it out (with some trim removal) and trim it properly.
That was what I thought of when she called me before I saw it. But it will not even come out of the pocket as the tile is butted up tight against it.
Don't you own a sawzall?
That's just what I meant - you just have to remove the chunks as you go. Don't know about the original poster, now that we know there's no sliding progress at all. Yep, I'd probably remove a tile, then crank up the Multimaster.Greg
the phone guy came to install my phone and drilled a hole, then ran the cable right through the pocket door (which was in the wall at the time). i couldn't really blame him, i didn't think about it either.
Thats a good story!
How about cutting the tile and putting some kind of race for the door to run in? You could cut it the width of the wall past the mud, down to the subfloor, then dado a piece of oak or SS material to match the tile?
Don't know how you'd cut the last couple of inches but it might beat taking out all the sheetrock to remove the door and cut it down.
I know! A plasma cutter...
remove the tile close to the jamb so that you can slide the door out and then use the Multimaster method mentioned by others. I assume you have two tiles left that can replace the ones you remove ?
Second what Chucky said. Is the tile guy paid? He should have to at least come back and fix the tile you took out.
Hi Mike
First a couple of questions
1 what is at the base of both sides of the wall? (Did the tile installer tile up the walls on both sides of the door?
2 If there is wood base trim on either side pry it off cut the drywall below the trim line. Cut your door from the side. Then put 1/2 blocking to shim out the base when you reinstall it.
Just a thot.
Craig
Edited 2/9/2009 9:15 pm ET by chairmon