Green Gecko wrote:To be fair railings like that are meant to be greased and yes it's a kind of nylon wheel (hard and low friction) on a metal runner. It could also be ball bearings which should be really smooth. If one of the runners have come off, then yeah the door is basically just held there by gravity and the other rail and rolls along the floor directly. Which is awkward to use.
Works a similar way to sliding shower doors or drawers actually but width ways rather than depth.
If the runner wasn't missing there would be basically no friction or rumble. The door was probably too heavy for the fixings for the runner and it fell out. Or the screws were stripped when it was fitted.
Badly fitted fitted wardrobe. I have one. I don't live with anyone else but it barely makes any noise. Eventually vibration could run out some screws.
Shame the rail is missing as it might be hard to find another one but if you were to make a fitted wardrobe with sliding doors from scratch then they have to come from somewhere. Might be worth getting i touch with a cabinet maker or carpenter that makes them from scratch. They'll have catalogues for that stuff. And replace both rails so the door isn't running along the floor.
If however the door runs along a channel that is affixed directly to the floor you might be out of luck. Come to think of it I think mine does work like that.
It strawberry floating pisses me off when homeowners loose parts like that. They just take the odds and sods with them that they could never get around to fixing, so then you have a home with parts missing and are eternally doomed to this or that dodgy fitting.
Thank you Green Gecko. You seem to have a lot of knowledge on this type of furniture fitting. Really appreciate the variation that this type of wardrobe could be.
I do believe the wheels are cast wheels as one of the previous lodgers she had described them to me. I just hope they were not designed to run along along a channel directly fixed to the floor.
Well she's said I could go up and have a look so will take some photos and then get in touch with some sort of carpenter. I'm sure some after market solution could be found. I would be will to help pay for it even though I shouldn't but for the sake of her corporation and peace I will offer. Do you reckon I should help pay towards it?
A quick google and I already come across one such repair company furnituremend.co.uk
They even have a section on their website dedicated to repairing sliding wardrobe doors on site. Seems too good to be true as it's exactly what I'm after. And they are London based which is perfect.