ABOUT SLIDING WARDROBE DOORS

Sliding wardrobe doors consist of panels (usually timber) supported at top and bottom by wheels running in steel channels. This equipment is known as sliding door gear. If correctly specified and fitted, it enables sliding wardrobe doors to run quietly and smoothly at the touch of a finger.

The leading UK suppliers of sliding wardrobe doors, described below the panel of sponsored links, have comprehensive websites with information on materials for sliding wardrobe doors, finishes and colours, and installation and maintenance.

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LEADING UK SLIDING WARDROBE DOOR SUPPLIERS

The following UK suppliers of sliding wardrobe doors have comprehensive and informative websites, with information on materials for sliding wardrobe doors, types of sliding wardrobe doors, and installation and maintenance of sliding wardrobe doors.

Draks: Sliding wardrobe doors. Draks, based in Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, is a leading UK manufacturer of sliding wardrobe doors. It also produces internal shutters, blinds, and screens. Its website is organised into the following sections: Sliding Room Dividers, Sliding Wardrobe Doors, Hinged Wardrobe Doors, Wardrobe Interiors, Walk In Wardrobes, and Shutters. Draks Sliding Wardrobe Doors are available in timber or aluminium framing with glass, acrylic or mirror inserts. The glass may be clear or coloured.

Hafele of Switzerland supplies a wide range of HAWA sliding door gear. Its range of sliding door gear includes: Pivot Sliding Door Fittings, Straight Sliding Door Fittings, and Sliding Folding Door Fittings. The doors can be top hung, or supported on bottom rollers running along a floor guide.

Johnson Hardware is a leading UK supplier of sliding and pocket door gear. Established in 1958, Johnson Hadware supplies gear for every type of sliding door. It specialises particularly in pocket doors. These are doors which slide into the thickness of the wall, thus leaving the walls on both sides unobstructed for placement of furniture or hanging of pictures. Pocket doors are available as kits which can be easily assembled on site.

PC Henderson is a leading UK supplier of sliding door gear for sliding wardrobe doors. Its range of domestic gear manufactured by PC Henderson covers most domestic or light-use commercial sliding and folding interior doors weighing up to 100kg. The sliding door gear may be soffit fixed or face fixed. Typical applications include cabinets, cupboards, wardrobes, interior doors and room dividers. PC Henderson has been since 2000 a member of the Cardo Door group of companies. Its sliding door gear is available through independent and national builders merchants, and local builders and tradesmen.

Slide Wardrobes Direct: Sliding Wardrobe Doors. Slide Wardrobes Direct is an online retailer of sliding wardrobe door kits, established by Marta Anton, founder of Heritage Cabinetmakers. Heritage Cabinetmakers makes kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms for trade and private customers. The Slide Wardrobes Direct website covers: Sliding Wardrobe Styles, How to Measure, Pricing & Order Options, Delivery, and Installation.

Spaceslide: Sliding Wardrobe Doors. Spaceslide, based in Walsall, West Midlands, was established in 2002 as a volume manufacturer and installer of wardrobe systems for new build housing. All Spaceslide sliding wardrobe doors are made to measure. They can be supplied to fit apertures up to 2490mm. Frames are made of rolled steel and can be finished in the following colours: chrome, silver, beech, pear, natural oak, white, cherry, black, mahogany, and gold. Panels may be in mirror glass or MFC.

DETAILED INFORMATION RESOURCES ON SLIDING WARDROBE DOORS

We recommend the following professional construction directories, which include manufacturers' specifications and CAD details: Barbour Compendium at www.barbourcompendium.co.uk, RIBA Product Selector Plus at ww.productselector.co.uk, ASC Bricsnet at www.ascinfo.co.uk, Building Products Index at www.bpindex.co.uk, British Board of Agrément at www.bbacerts.co.uk, British Standards Online at www.bsonline.bsi-global.com.