The shoji is guided at the floor with an attractive half moon shaped guide.
Shoji sliding door construction.
Here follows a detailed description of the process i used to make a set of shoji doors.
This fantastic zen shoji sliding door kit comes with sliding doors top and bottom tracks and right and left door jambs.
Shoji style sliding closet doors from scratch.
Spring loaded guide pins in the bottom edge of each shoji engage the channel and stabilize the bottom of the doors.
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.
Tracks and jambs are approximately 1 75 in.
My house had the generic metal bi fold closet doors which look very cheap.
Rough opening outside dimension approximately 83 00 in.
Shoji is a style of japanese sliding door.
Interior walls of houses constructed with shoji doors can be removed from their tracks to expand the rooms for parties.
After pricing real shoji doors at near 1000 i decided i could build something similar make it more durable and m.
I began drawing the first plans with sketchup in october 2011.
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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.
A shōji 障 しょう 子 じ japanese pronunciation.
Is a door window or room divider used in traditional japanese architecture consisting of translucent or transparent sheets on a lattice frame.
Traditional shoji are handmade by craftsmen called tategu ya.
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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.
H x 73 50 in.
Since i travel a lot and could only work on the project on the weekends it took about a year to complete.
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.
W x 3 50 in.
Tall zen shoji sliding door kit double sided natural.
Oriental furniture 7 ft.
Keeping track of everything was important so as to not get the sets of parts.
Thick x 3 50 in.
Shoji sliding door panels are attached using a shikii floor rail and a kamoi overhead beam.
Shoji panels are made of wooden frames with translucent white paper glued to a lattice structure.
I wanted a higher end look but not a higher end price tag.
To construct this tracking system from scratch you will have to etch a 1 16 inch groove into the lower.