While searching for a curtain or door for our bedroom walk in closet we concluded that a japanese sliding door called a shoji would be the best solution.
Shoji sliding door construction.
Interior walls of houses constructed with shoji doors can be removed from their tracks to expand the rooms for parties.
Shoji panels are made of wooden frames with translucent white paper glued to a lattice structure.
When the shoji need to travel a greater distance than just their width we use a wood floor track with a 3 8 inlaid aluminum channel.
After pricing real shoji doors at near 1000 i decided i could build something similar make it more durable and m.
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Tall zen shoji sliding door kit double sided natural.
My house had the generic metal bi fold closet doors which look very cheap.
W x 3 50 in.
Diyhd 6ft bottom rolling sliding barn door hardware with soft close mechanism smooth black top rail and floor rail box track.
Keeping track of everything was important so as to not get the sets of parts.
This fantastic zen shoji sliding door kit comes with sliding doors top and bottom tracks and right and left door jambs.
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To construct this tracking system from scratch you will have to etch a 1 16 inch groove into the lower.
Is a door window or room divider used in traditional japanese architecture consisting of translucent or transparent sheets on a lattice frame.
A shōji 障 しょう 子 じ japanese pronunciation.
I wanted a higher end look but not a higher end price tag.
Oriental furniture 7 ft.
Shoji is a style of japanese sliding door.
Shoji sliding door panels are attached using a shikii floor rail and a kamoi overhead beam.
H x 73 50 in.
Shoji style sliding closet doors from scratch.
Where light transmission is not needed the similar but opaque fusuma is used oshiire closet doors for instance shoji usually slide but may occasionally be hung or hinged.
Spring loaded guide pins in the bottom edge of each shoji engage the channel and stabilize the bottom of the doors.
Traditional shoji are handmade by craftsmen called tategu ya.
Since i travel a lot and could only work on the project on the weekends it took about a year to complete.
Rough opening outside dimension approximately 83 00 in.
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I began drawing the first plans with sketchup in october 2011.
I needed a door for the kitchen but wanted to keep the room as bright as possible so i decided to build a shoij screen sliding door.
Here follows a detailed description of the process i used to make a set of shoji doors.
Tracks and jambs are approximately 1 75 in.