Last easter, after seven years, we finally got around to putting the sliding doors on our bedroom wardrobe.
This morning they jammed. They would not open. At all.
As I was stark naked at the time, having come out of the shower in the expectation of opening the cabinet to get some clean underwear, this was a problem.
A rapid assessment showed that it was stuck, and stuck in such a way as I could not get a screw driver in to access the bottom guide to remove it to lift the door off.
So, on with pyjamas, into the garage for a screwdriver and a step ladder to see if I could free the mechanism from the top. Once I got up top the problem was obvious, there was a little plastic moulding on the back of the outer door held on with double sided tape to act as a dust guard.
The double sided tape had failed at one end causing the moulding to drop down and jam the door runners. Two second with a screwdriver to prise the dust guard off we were back in business.
Job done, but for a moment we'd been there, realising that all of our clean clothes were hidden behind a jammed door ....
This morning they jammed. They would not open. At all.
As I was stark naked at the time, having come out of the shower in the expectation of opening the cabinet to get some clean underwear, this was a problem.
A rapid assessment showed that it was stuck, and stuck in such a way as I could not get a screw driver in to access the bottom guide to remove it to lift the door off.
So, on with pyjamas, into the garage for a screwdriver and a step ladder to see if I could free the mechanism from the top. Once I got up top the problem was obvious, there was a little plastic moulding on the back of the outer door held on with double sided tape to act as a dust guard.
The double sided tape had failed at one end causing the moulding to drop down and jam the door runners. Two second with a screwdriver to prise the dust guard off we were back in business.
Job done, but for a moment we'd been there, realising that all of our clean clothes were hidden behind a jammed door ....
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