pocket-door
We have two pocket doors, each 36" that meet to close off a 6' entryway between our living room and our sunroom. Both doors have stops, but the stops overlap so that when one door is out and the other door is brought out, they hit and both slide backward.
I hoped to find a magnetic "catch" or something like that, but so far I have come up dry. Best of all would be to find a way to have each door "click" into place when fully extended.
Any ideas?
I had the same problem, and was able to resolve the problem by counter-bending the door. You can try it in the frame, or you can remove the door and use some wood you might have laying around. If you do it in the frame, you won't be able to operate the door while you're working on it, and it will probably take a few days. But the idea is to stick some wood or something to make the door bow the other way. You'll need to be creative so you don't scrape-up the door. If you can figure a way to counter-bow the door by hand, then slip the scraps of wood in there, that would be good. Maybe put the top and bottom scraps in there, then get someone to heave on the middle section while you slipped another scrap of wood in there. Trying it in the jamb might take longer because you can't get that much of a counter bend in it, due to the frame only being so wide. Taking it out of the jamb might be faster, since you can get more of a counter bend, but obviously removing pocket doors can be tricky.
Usually there is a metal stop (like an angle bracket) inside the top track area that stops each door at the center. If you cut away the top corner of the door you could use wood, metal is thin enough that it's often not bothered with, or could be done (if looking for perfect closure) but is a much smaller cut.
You could also block the track to stop the wheels at the proper position, but it's harder to get right.
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Take a look at latch on web page http://www.johnsonhardware.com/1521.htm , when the doors are closed they latch together with out locking.