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| phildcrowNOSPAM@yahoo.com 2006-04-19, 11:21 am |
| Should a pair of bifold doors closing in a gas water-heater and gas
dryer have a gap at the bottom? A guy I know asked me to hang these
doors for him, and having never hung a bifold door, I thought I'd
consult the experts.
The finished jamb (cased opening) is exactly 4 inches taller than the
doors. After installing hardware and stuff, will that gap be too large?
Why are the bifold doors shorter than regular doors? Is it to account
for that hardware, or what? Do I need to pull off the trim and pack
down the opening, or is that the correct height for the opening?
I realize this post is rather nebulous, but I hope y'all will get the
idea, and provide some guidance.
Thanks,
-Phil Crow
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| Glenn 2006-04-19, 12:21 pm |
| You need combustion air so I hope they are louvered doors. Then hang
normally.
<phildcrowNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1145455756.048324.191500@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com
> Should a pair of bifold doors closing in a gas
> water-heater and gas dryer have a gap at the bottom? A
> guy I know asked me to hang these doors for him, and
> having never hung a bifold door, I thought I'd consult
> the experts.
>
> The finished jamb (cased opening) is exactly 4 inches
> taller than the doors. After installing hardware and
> stuff, will that gap be too large? Why are the bifold
> doors shorter than regular doors? Is it to account for
> that hardware, or what? Do I need to pull off the trim
> and pack down the opening, or is that the correct height
> for the opening?
>
> I realize this post is rather nebulous, but I hope y'all
> will get the idea, and provide some guidance.
>
> Thanks,
> -Phil Crow
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| phildcrowNOSPAM@yahoo.com 2006-04-20, 12:21 am |
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Glenn wrote:
> You need combustion air so I hope they are louvered doors. Then hang
> normally.
>
Well, they're not. They are, however, what the guy has, and so I'm
thinking the additional gap on the bottom (closest to gas jets) is
going to do the job. Is that enough air getting to the water heater
and dryer? It's completely likely that they'll be running at the same
time rather often.
Thanks.
-Phil Crow
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| Wayne Whitney 2006-04-20, 1:21 am |
| On 2006-04-20, phildcrowNOSPAM@yahoo.com <phildcrowNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well, they're not. They are, however, what the guy has, and so I'm
> thinking the additional gap on the bottom (closest to gas jets) is
> going to do the job. Is that enough air getting to the water heater
> and dryer? It's completely likely that they'll be running at the
> same time rather often.
When I installed my gas dryer in a closet, the gas dryer manual had
explicit instructions for how much open area was required for make up
air, and some of that area was required to be in the upper half of the
door. So find the manuals for the water heater and the gas dryer.
Perhaps you can install the non-louvered doors leaving a gap at both
the top and bottom.
Yours, Wayne
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| marson 2006-04-20, 6:21 am |
| 4" sounds like too much gap for the bifolds to work. bifolds are
shorter than regular doors for the reason you suggest...you need room
for the hardware, but 4" is too much. you can set the bottom bracket
on a block on the floor to make for a bigger gap between the door and
the floor, but 4" would be extreme.
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| Grumman-581 2006-04-20, 8:21 am |
| <phildcrowNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1145502159.212268.317370@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Well, they're not. They are, however, what the guy has, and so I'm
> thinking the additional gap on the bottom (closest to gas jets) is
> going to do the job. Is that enough air getting to the water heater
> and dryer? It's completely likely that they'll be running at the same
> time rather often.
Only about everytime he does laundry and is washing something in hot
water... Usually one puts a load in the dryer while another load is in the
washer, right?
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| phildcrowNOSPAM@yahoo.com 2006-04-20, 11:21 am |
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Grumman-581 wrote:
> <phildcrowNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1145502159.212268.317370@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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> Only about everytime he does laundry and is washing something in hot
> water... Usually one puts a load in the dryer while another load is in the
> washer, right?
Precisely my thinking. That still begs the original question, though.
-Phil Crow
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| phildcrowNOSPAM@yahoo.com 2006-04-20, 11:21 am |
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Wayne Whitney wrote:
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> When I installed my gas dryer in a closet, the gas dryer manual had
> explicit instructions for how much open area was required for make up
> air, and some of that area was required to be in the upper half of the
> door. So find the manuals for the water heater and the gas dryer.
> Perhaps you can install the non-louvered doors leaving a gap at both
> the top and bottom.
>
> Yours, Wayne
Okay, Wayne. I'll do that, and thanks.
-Phil Crow
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| phildcrowNOSPAM@yahoo.com 2006-04-20, 11:21 am |
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marson wrote:
> 4" sounds like too much gap for the bifolds to work. bifolds are
> shorter than regular doors for the reason you suggest...you need room
> for the hardware, but 4" is too much. you can set the bottom bracket
> on a block on the floor to make for a bigger gap between the door and
> the floor, but 4" would be extreme.
Is there a 'standard' height differential between bifold doors and
single doors? The headers were (apparently) all installed at the same
height. I'm fairly certain the finished inside height of the cased
opening was 80" (6' 8"), so why the huge discrepancy?
-Phil Crow
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| marson 2006-04-21, 12:21 am |
| sounds like the doors might have been cut off at some point.
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| Phil Scott 2006-04-21, 2:21 pm |
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Phil Scott
Ideas are bullet proof.
<phildcrowNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1145455756.048324.191500@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Should a pair of bifold doors closing in a gas water-heater
> and gas
> dryer have a gap at the bottom? A guy I know asked me to
> hang these
> doors for him, and having never hung a bifold door, I
> thought I'd
> consult the experts.
>
> The finished jamb (cased opening) is exactly 4 inches taller
> than the
> doors. After installing hardware and stuff, will that gap be
> too large?
> Why are the bifold doors shorter than regular doors? Is it
> to account
> for that hardware, or what? Do I need to pull off the trim
> and pack
> down the opening, or is that the correct height for the
> opening?
>
> I realize this post is rather nebulous, but I hope y'all
> will get the
> idea, and provide some guidance.
>
> Thanks,
> -Phil Crow
All you need is a gap for 'make up air' if its a gas furnace.
or an an opening 100 sq inches in a solid door would be more
than enough to meet code in you case.
Phil Scott
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