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Bi-Fold, interior doors

 07/05/2007 05:43 PM stevewelty
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Bi-fold Doors

07/05/2007 07:27 PM Billhart Moderator
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Bi-fold doors

07/06/2007 11:30 AM stevewelty
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bi fold door

08/07/2007 06:45 PM helpme11
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bi-fold door

08/07/2007 10:05 PM stevewelty
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the top and bottom outside brackets aren't in alignment (plumb).

08/11/2007 02:01 PM MistressEll
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One more thing.

08/11/2007 02:08 PM MistressEll

You also need to investigate the support/mounting pins on both the top and bottom of the fixed side of each door, as well as the top adjustable or spring pin on the top moving side of each door (and the bottom if a dual track).

Some of these pins are screw in/out adjustment to the door (for length) and some are spring supported. Even if your brackets have a spring or have a threaded hole to receive threaded pin from the door - they might still have both interacting.

A bad spring/ bent spring, missing spring, or missing metal or plastic containment cap (or a cracked cap) in one or both areas can also cause a mis-alignment and frustration nightmare.

You'll need to investigate this as well.

Bottom line - first remove both doors and investigate the hardware on the doors themselves - as well as the alignment of the top and bottom "retaining" brackets, and their relationship to each other comparing left and right doors - next the level/non-twist of the top rail - then the overall trueness of the entire opening (including the possiblity of a "hump" or crown in the floor/closet opening or overall unlevel floor).

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