How to Install a Concealed Sliding Door

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The Charity Travail et Vie created this boarding house. It's a place which welcomes low-income individuals as well as those experiencing social isolation or exclusion

Here's Marine, she's a DIY fanatic. She loves composites and working with wood. Eric is a painter decorator. He's a building expert. Finally, Marianne, a sculptor-designer for events and film sets. Plasterboard's her favourite material. Together, they are here to help Travail et Vie undertake this transformation. They're a real triple threat!

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INSTALL A CONCEALED SLIDING DOOR

Use a levelling laser to mark out where the partition structure will go

Trace the thickness of the entire partition

Mark the partition with a chalk line

Mount the housing structure for the sliding door following the manufacturer's instructions

Cut the tracks of rails you need down to size with cutters or snips

Mark the exact position of the rails taking into account the thickness of the BA13 plasterboard

Drill into the floor along the rail, insert adapted hammer-in plugs

Fix the rail to the ceiling using screws and plugs adapted to the ceiling material

Insert an upright stud between the two rails and fix it to the way

Then fix another upright stud to the side where the sliding door will go

Fix the upright stud to the other side of the side

Above the door, fix a rail along the length of the door

...then upright studs every 60cm

Check everything is levelled before finally fixing everything

Insert the last fixing screws for the door

The partitions have since been boarded, plastered and painted

Fix the hangers at the top of the door

...and the stoppers on the side

Insert the rollers into the partition track

Attach the door to the rollers

Tighten the nuts on the door and adjust its position with a spanner

Glue all the wood panels for the door

If needed, cut the panels with a tenon saw and mitre box

Attach all handles and strike plates