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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

This is , I believe, the company mentioned in Fine Homebuilding.  They have 
heavy duty hardware for commercial and residential application, with lifetime 
warrenty.  Probably more expensive than Home Depot stuff.  They also do 
folding door hardware, etc. ; but, have been doing pocket door hardware for a 
long time.  ... bobford

http://jhusa.net/


--- On Fri, 8/8/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Subject: [Homestead] Pocket doors
> To: "Roy Morgan" <k1lky AT earthlink.net>, "Homestead" 
> <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Friday, August 8, 2008, 5:34 AM
> On Aug 7, 2008, at 9:34 PM, Roy Morgan wrote:
> 
> > Apparently this is one case where commonly available
> hardware will  
> > not do for the long run.  I certainly do not want to
> be overhaulling  
> > a pocket door installation 10-15 years from now!
> 
> I converted a California Bungalow house built in 1923 to my
> real  
> estate office. The large opening between living room and
> dining room  
> could be closed by large, paneled pocket doors. Well,
> I'm sure they  
> could be closed when new. The fine plaster and wide, custom
> molding  
> restrained me from opening the walls so they could be
> resurrected.
> 
> On a "how dumb can Gene be" note, last year in
> the Phoenix house I  
> installed a microwave oven above the kitchen stove. The
> U-shaped  
> mounting bracket required several heavy screws for certain
> stability.  
> After the installation I found that one of those screws had
> penetrated  
> the pocket door behind. It took me a couple months before I
> overcame  
> my mental condition and redid the job.
> 
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