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Another sliding door question

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Bill VA

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Duel track sliding doors:

Is it possible/reasonable to have a duel track sliding door arrangement where the doors slide over top of each other such that you can slide both doors completely to one side of the building or to the other to max the opening of the center door without having a single track sliding door arrangement that would otherwise extend out past the building? Don?t need the whole door opening - open at once, but more than half at minimum. To utilize the other half of the door opening, simply slide the doors across to the opposite side. Not really exited about having a single door track extending past the building.

Thoughts?

Thanks!
Bill
 
They even have triple setups.

I would think carefully on what you are trying to accomplish tho, and make it work properly. I dont like the part about you don?t even need the whole door open..... design this right for future use, slide the doors out of the way! Don?t cramp your style in the future. I think the hardware to support all that is speedy, so do it right.

Paul
 
Was supposed to be a pic with my message, it was visible after upload, but not in my message. Sorry.

Paul
 
The Massey Dealer, had that triple door, the whole endwall moved out of the way, it is about a 70 wide building,it really slick, the center section had a spring loaded anchor, he would lift that up, and slide it too one side,and then another section, or both, and could drive combine's in there with the header on!
 
Over head doors only for me ! For several reasons. Seal tighter and keep birds out and heat in. Don't have to fight them to slide open in the winter.
 
to answer your question, yes you can. I have double tracks on some barns. Most any building supply can get double tracks.
 
The big problem with narrow tall doors is they tend to want to tip like on the track instead of slide if they are stiff or not moving freely. When they do that they bind on the track not sliding along it. Cannonball track is not one I would use for doors. Though it is popular to use.
Get the heaviest track you can get for the job most of it has been lightened/cheapened up so it barely will carry the doors now days. Look at the rollers too. Some of them are real cheaply made and will not stand up long. I like the steel rollers with the bearings not being plastic/nylon or whatever they are.
 
Overhead doors will freeze down as well as sliding doors. And if you do not have a concrete floor you cannot have them ant closer than a sliding door. My garage just had gravel floor and I had to have bottom of overhead door 6" above gravel.
 
If put up right you could on a double door track have 4 doors with 2 sliding left and 2 to right and open either center one on either side both on one side or both center doors or all 4 doors dependind on where you want to get in and ount of space you need to get through. And I don't think you are planning on a sollid concrete floor so only sliding doors and no overhead door. Sliders you could easily make the whole door area where you could have one opening to get 4 hay wagons in side beside withouy hitting a post. Just need enough roof trust.
 
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