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Need help. We’re looking for a set of sliding wood doors for between a master suite and an enclosed lanai. Would like them is an interior set-up to minimize the larger track set assembly as in an exterior application, but willt ake an exterior if that’s all that’s a available. We will cut the floor ceramic tile and cork to set the track directly on the concrete of this condo. We will paint the doors so don’t want clad doors.
Would like something beteeen 6’8″ and 8’0′ since 8′ is about 1-2 inches too high. Height is actually 7′ 11″ & width is 7′ so we can use 7′ high doors, but will use 6′ 8″ if that is all that’s available.
Any ideas for a manufacture or someone who can make them up for us? Will also have to have tempered glass. No muntins.
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Sonny, am not so wordly, what's a lanai? And pounded pocket door hardware wouldn't work I take it. How bout a salvaged track from some of those older pocket doors. Sounds like the track is the only thing holding you back. The doors could be special ordered/made. So what is that there lanai anyway?
*Calvin, in Florida, porches and balconies as in condos that ae screened in are called "Lanais". They are typically covered over with an extentionof the house's roof, or in the case of a condo, the ceiling is the concrete floor from the unit above.Me thinks the term came frm Hawaii.No pocket door type. No room since both walls are CBS (concrete block stucco). Owner wants us to remove the existing sliding "aluminum" patio doors and install the wood ones instead and paint them.
*Anderson's french woods are painted outside white, and come unfinished/primed or whatever in. What's wrong with them for that porch slider that's got somekind of roof over it. Lanai..........jeez, shoulda just said porch or the exotic-balcony. They got some taste down there, I'll say that. Whatya think Sonny, the frenchwood slider? There is a high bottom track but you could gain some recess in the tile. Maybe they even have a low profile now with the ADA guidelines.
*Tks., Calvin. I'll check out Anderson's web site. I though all of their's were vinly clad. Possibly we can also cut off part of the high side of the track since the doors will be used as interior doors.
*Sonny, you really got me going. Check out Pella. I'm looking at their 2000 catalogue on pg 173. A swinging (why not a slider too, you'll have to ask) french, no thresh, says you can have opt. wood exterior, primed, ready for paint. Maybe the slider comes that way too. And am pretty sure on the painted ext on the and. frenchwood. And you might as well check out Marvin. They claim custom everything but the kitchen sink. Best of luck.
*I think Marvin has done some stuff like this.
*Read this again and I'm not suggesting that the slider wouldn't have a bot. track. But after you look at the french, maybe they'll like that or at the least, the slider might come sans cladding on the ext. Best of luck.
*Calvin, man, have you considered switching to decaf?
*Thanks guys. She deifintely wants wood sliders. I'll find a local company that will make them up for us.
*Yeah Jim, but then I wouldn't see those colors.
*Painted wood doors? Why not suggest she just put wood grain contact paper on the aluminum and then paint that. About as tacky IMHO.
*If painted wood is tacky then builders, designers and homeowners have been tacky for about a bazillion years. Aluminum is cold and generic and clear-finished wood requires mucho maintenance. A good paint job lasts and allows custom details. Sonny, I found this on a google search: http://corporate.bricsnet.com/pdc/company/01/77/59/company_1.html
*Thanks, Mike. That may help.Art, one of the first things I notice ater moving here is the almost total absence of stained wood cabinets, trim and doors. Aluminum is popular due to the almost nil maintenance. Remember the terrific swings in humidity here. Add to that the ultraviolate rays and tremendous heat. For example, exterior wood doors that are stained must be recosted regardless of finish every 1-2 years if getting direct sunlight.Interior doors and trim being painted satin finish or semi is almost the standard. Granted once in a while we have a request for stained cabinets, trim and doors but it's usually only the very high end client, but as I said, even that's not typical.Tom is preparing for his new house and will use Cherry cabinets. I don't know about the doors and trim yet. One of the reasons for the long list of potential clients who have already signed up for my Preventative Home Maintenance Program (PHMP) - a new business I'm starting, is so popular, cause these people, being mostly retired, as several of them told me, "I'm here to golf, boating and relax. Not maintain a damn house even if I could do some of it myself.? That's what I have you for. Take care of it." Find a need and fill it, eh? And the needs are different every where and for whom.
*Sonny,With starting a new business - when are you going to start "to golf, boating and relax. Not maintain a damn house "We need you around for a couple more years.
*Piffin, I don't golf, boat, walk the beach, do tennis, or fish. God, I'm a boring person - qoute my wife, cause I even dislike going out for dinner. "What!! $25 for a steak? Geez, do you know the quality of a chisel I can buy for $25?" But Mama doesn't care.I miss the northern hills, oak and maple trees, even the snow - and "fresh" water fishing.Guess I'll be arond for a while to nag you guys. Yesterday my doctor gave me a perscription for something called Wellbutrin(?) to stop smoking. Guess it was originally a anti-depressant drug when they realized it also greatly diminishes the brain's desire for nicotine. I take it for 7-10 days and then at a predetermined date, just stop smoking.We'll see.
*My lungs and asthma would never let me smoke but I chewed for awhile, Took six months to get over it. After twenty years, When the air is right on a certain kind of day, I still get a little craving and taste it in my mouth. Nasty drug!My Dad's been fighting bladder cancer from smoking.Like they say, If I'd a known I'd have lived this long, I'd have taken better care of my body.
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Need help. We're looking for a set of sliding wood doors for between a master suite and an enclosed lanai. Would like them is an interior set-up to minimize the larger track set assembly as in an exterior application, but willt ake an exterior if that's all that's a available. We will cut the floor ceramic tile and cork to set the track directly on the concrete of this condo. We will paint the doors so don't want clad doors.
Would like something beteeen 6'8" and 8'0' since 8' is about 1-2 inches too high. Height is actually 7' 11" & width is 7' so we can use 7' high doors, but will use 6' 8" if that is all that's available.
Any ideas for a manufacture or someone who can make them up for us? Will also have to have tempered glass. No muntins.