stackyFACTSStandard hinges require too much swing space, so sliding doors operate on an unholy trinity of metal channels. The door hangs entirely on a middle track while the top and bottom rails merely guide it, turning a massive slab of metal into an aggressive sliding guillotine for unsuspecting fingers.
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