Fleetwood sliding door tracks

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

The new Fleetwood 4070T comes with tracks that I am supposed to fill in matching the floors for an uninterrupted look. A year later, I am still searching for a way to fill the tracks to complete the installation. My floor is stained concrete slab. Everyone in my area said pouring concrete there won't last. The track is too narrow and it gets too cold and too hot. I gave up on the seamless look and decided to go with tiles. The tracks are on top of a sub-sil pan, not screwed in to the bottom. Since they are not secured to the bottom, they are flexible moving up and down. My tile contractor would be happy to install tiles if I get someone to screw them down. Without securing its down, tiles would just pop out. I called Fleetwood a number of times asking about the tracks. It went nowhere. Has anyone installed 4070T tracks with the sub sil pan? Any suggestions?

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Jeffrey R. Grenz, General Contractor
5 years ago
Our first and only set of concealed Fleetwood tracks were with limestone in 2006. No call backs, no track screws. No idea how he set it but I would use an adhesive compatible with aluminum, shim and set. You could possibly make tile from fiberglass reinforced concrete.
snowcountry thanked Jeffrey R. Grenz, General Contractor
snowcountry
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5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
I was told to use Silica 1A. The tile contractor thinks the track move way too much for that. He has some special thin set he uses all the time for tracks. I will pass on what you said.
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Silver Ladder
2 years ago
I see that this is an old post but I was hoping that you might see this response and reach out to me. I have the 4070 T door system installed on a project. We tiled in the tracks without a problem. I am looking for the install instructions from 2-3 years ago as they seem to have been updated recently with Fleetwood online. Please email me at christinaargento@yahoo.com if you get this message and you have a few minutes to spare. We are having an issue with the doors that might be an install problem. Thank you!
millworkman
2 years ago
I would call Fleetwood, not sure anyone here would have the install instructions from the past.