Measure Bottom Track

fit Batten and measure from this point for accurate height measurements

Preparation is the most important stage in building a wardrobe and fitting sliding Wardrobe Door Heads and Tracks

Fitting Bottom Track to Carpeted Floor.

This is a contentious issue and there are a number of ways to fit the Track.

How we fit Door tracks at Wardrobe Doors Australia

1) If the floor covering is only glued on tiles which generally have no pile and a felt like appearance, they can have the track fitted on top of the carpet or you can remove the tiles and fit (glue or screw) straight to the concrete or timber floor and recut the tiles you removed to fit back in flush with the track. Do not glue the track straight to the tiles as the glue holding the tiles is not a strong glue and is only used to stop the tile from slipping) always use screws in this situation.

2) If the floor covering has a carpet with or without underlay or a carpet with a small woven regular sized pile you can screw the track straight through the carpet and into the floor.

3) If the floor covering is carpet with foam underlay and/or a carpet with a high irregular sized woven pile be careful with the way this is treated. We at Wardrobe Doors Australia suggest you have the carpet cut and repositioned on a carpet smooth edge carpet gripper

4) An appropriate sized timber sill (floor batten) to lift the door above the height of the carpet should be used and the measurement for the height of the door should be taken form the top of this batten see Drawing 1a.

5) Wardrobe Doors Australia
Do not Recommend using Glue to secure tracks to floors, We only recommend screw fixing tracks.

IMPORTANT on loop pile carpets and other continuous thread carpets be careful not to grap a loop especially when you are predrilling to engage the screw as you have plenty of room under the track to cut a larger hole around the screw hole to prevent the threads from being pulled by your electric screwdriver or drill

(If you do happen to pull a loop there are carpet layers who can restitch threads in the Carpet)

Fitting the Bottom Track to carpet and tiles:

The BottomTrack should be fitted before the carpet as described above fit the Batten to the floor with plugs, for the concrete, as shown in Drawings 1c,1d and 1e

Before carpet on Batten straight to concrete

After flat carpet straight to concrete

Straight to concrete

Simply drill a 4mm hole through the flat section of the track in the centre and then mark through the holes onto the floor or tiles. Then drill a hole with a 6.5mm Tungsten drill into the floor and insert a green plug as above. Drawing 1f

Put an 8 gauge screw through the track and into the plug

Fitting the bottom Track to timber:

The BottomTrack should be fitted before the carpet as described above fit the Batten to the floor with either nails or 6 or 8 gauge screws as shown in drawings: 1g,1h and 1i

Simply drill a 4mm hole through the flat section of the track in the centre and then mark through the holes onto the floor. Then simply screw a 6/8 gauge screw into the floor

Put a 6 or 8 gauge screw through the track and into the timber floor

Before carpet on Batten straight to timber floor

After flat carpet straight to timber floor

Straight to timber floor

Snap caps can be used to cover the screws if needed

NOTE: Carpet if needed can be glue fixed inside a wardrobe cupboard as generally it is not walked on