Steel or aluminium tracks?
Steel tracks are primarily used outdoors and with heavier sliding doors that are equipped with steel hangers whereas aluminium tracks are more common in interior sliding doors equipped with nylon hangers due to their light weight, appearance and more silent noise.
Do you offer sliding tracks in different lengths?
Helaform provides standard-sized sliding tracks for the most common door widths. Standard-sized sliding tracks are available with a length of 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 m. We also provide a paid project-specific sawing service if you need custom-length sliding tracks. Complete fitting sets are available in standard sizes from retailers.
Do sliding tracks always need brackets?
Interior sliding doors Wall fixations always require brackets to be installed into the wall. Sliding tracks can also be installed directly into the ceiling without brackets. The tracks included in our complete fitting sets have ready-made holes for the purpose of fixing them into the ceiling. Suitable screws must be used when fixing tracks to […]
Are track stops always necessary?
Yes, a stopper of some sort is always needed. The most important role of the track stop is to prevent the hangers (and the door) from sliding off the track. It also limits the movement of the sliding door to ensure that the door stops within the doorway at the desired locations. If soft close […]
Can I install more than one door on a single sliding track?
Yes. The maximum weight capacity of a door refers to the maximum load on a pair of hangers, but the sliding track can bear much more weight. For example, bi-parting sliding doors have two doors sliding in opposite directions on the same track.
Can I install more than two hangers on one door?
We strongly recommend avoiding this. Two hangers are always supplied per sliding door as the weight of the door is evenly distributed on two hangers. Three or even more hangers can cause friction inside the track and obstruct sliding or make one or more hangers elevated so that the sliding door does not run evenly […]
Can I use a thinner or thicker door than recommended? What effects can this have?
When using a thinner door than recommended, take the measurements of the fixing plates into account. If the door is thinner than the depth of the plate, the screw holes of the plate might not be suitable for fixing the plate into the door firmly. The plates will also remain visible by protruding over the […]