I began drawing the first plans with sketchup in october 2011.
Shoji sliding door construction.
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.
Since i travel a lot and could only work on the project on the weekends it took about a year to complete.
Interior walls of houses constructed with shoji doors can be removed from their tracks to expand the rooms for parties.
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.
Here follows a detailed description of the process i used to make a set of shoji doors.
Is a door window or room divider used in traditional japanese architecture consisting of translucent or transparent sheets on a lattice frame.
Diyhd 6ft bottom rolling sliding barn door hardware with soft close mechanism smooth black top rail and floor rail box track.
After pricing real shoji doors at near 1000 i decided i could build something similar make it more durable and m.
A shōji 障 しょう 子 じ japanese pronunciation.
Shoji is a style of japanese sliding door.
I wanted a higher end look but not a higher end price tag.
H x 73 50 in.
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W x 3 50 in.
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.
My house had the generic metal bi fold closet doors which look very cheap.
Oriental furniture 7 ft.
Rough opening outside dimension approximately 83 00 in.
Keeping track of everything was important so as to not get the sets of parts.
Shoji style sliding closet doors from scratch.
This fantastic zen shoji sliding door kit comes with sliding doors top and bottom tracks and right and left door jambs.
While many of the shoji doors in this project had different over all dimensions the joinery dimensions were all similar the main differences being piece total length and spacing of the kumiko mortises in the rails and stiles.
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Tall zen shoji sliding door kit double sided natural.
Traditional shoji are handmade by craftsmen called tategu ya.
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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.
Tracks and jambs are approximately 1 75 in.
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.
Thick x 3 50 in.
