Customer want her closet door opening widened. Currently six ft wide w/ louver bifolds, want it to be nine ft wide with sliding mirror doors. Suggesstions as to the header? Not a load bearing wall, except for the weight of the doors.
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this will be overkill, double 2x6 on edge especially if doors are hung from top of jamb
Yes, the doors will be hung from the header. Overkill? Actually I was thinking about double 2x8.
FYI, I have discovered that Stanley makes mirror doors for wide openings. The sales literature only shows to 8 ft, but if you dig deep enough you will find that they offer even feet to 12, and they will custom cut any dimension. Price for a 9 ft three panel frameless unit with beveled glass edges is about $350.
Edited 8/8/2002 7:20:41 PM ET by ELCID72
I don't know what your head room situation is , but 2 x 6 is good enough.
However I would go with 2 x 8, not because of the weight , but because of the span. I would just feel better about it.being over 8' long if I had the headroom. i am asuming this is for a finished Basement or somthing? "I was born in the country, razed in the city, I'm a natural born shaker from my hips to the ground"
2 x 8 has more stability."I was born in the country, razed in the city, I'm a natural born shaker from my hips to the ground"
You won't believe this. Customer (lady) has a nice fairly new house. 9 ft ceilings. Bedroom closet currently has 6 ft bifolds, but there is about 20" of space on each side of the door that is hard to access, so she wants a new opening cut in that is as wide as possible. 9 ft leaves about 3-4 inches on each end, so that's how we arrived at that number. There's plenty of room for 2x8, so that's what I'll use.
$350 sounds good.
Have you considered mortised bottom rollers? Much easier to install and adjust and because the top rail is just a guide and does not support the weight of all that glass you don't get the call-backs to repair cracks in the joints.
Rev Ted