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Can I install internal wooden bifold doors on the joist of a timber framed house?
Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.44 PM
I'm planing to separate my kitchen and living room with a wooden panel bifold door I have been told each panel weighs 18kgs. The inner frame of the house is completely timber based, I wanted to know if it would be structurally sound to screw a timber goal post to my joist running across the room and install the wooden bifold door into that frame. Width is : 350cm Height: 225cm
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HG Home Improvements
Rating: 5 out of 5
Absolutely, will be fine installing a internal timber bifold into joist. So long as your not using the head of the frame as load bearing there will be no issue
Answered28 September 2022
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Marchbanks Architectural Design
Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Depends whether the timber frame is constructed using SIPs panels or not. If SIP’s panels, more thought needs to be given as to how you form goalpost. You should check your building original foundation design to be sure, but would suspect they would be sufficient to take point loading rather than UDL as guessing your house is of moderately modern construction.
Answered6 October 2022
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Anonymous user
The existing floor joists would not have been designed to accommodate the point loads from the door jamb 'goal posts'. These point loads of approximately 0.18kN both sides of the opening would need to be taken into account and this floor joist sized checked with structural calculations to determine if strong enough.
If this were not the case - I think simply doubling up the joist and bolting together with M12 bolts and toothplate connectors at 900mm centres would overcome this issue.
Answered24 October 2022
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