Method for installing a leaf of a sliding door and set used thereby

A method for installing a sliding door (1) with an aid,

• wherein the sliding door includes a leaf (3), a frame (2), and a plurality of wheels forming a wheel set (12) for supporting a lower side of the leaf in the frame and that is not affixed to the leaf before installation of the sliding door, an upper side of the frame having a cavity (7) and a lower side of the frame having a channel (5) in which the leaf, when mounted in the frame, slides supported by the wheel set, a lower side of the leaf having a thickness (Dv) smaller than an interior width (Bg) of the channel in the lower side of the frame, and
• wherein the aid (15), which is not affixed to any of the leaf, the frame, and the wheel set, includes two supporting elements (17) that each defines, at an upper portion, a respective support (20) for the lower side of the leaf (3), and at least one connecting element (16) that fixes the two supporting elements with respect to one another and defines a space between the two supporting elements that receives the wheel set between the two supporting elements, wherein an interior distance (Ds) between the supports (20) is less than the thickness (Dv) of the lower side of the leaf (3), and wherein the aid (15) with its two supporting elements has a maximum width (Bh) that is less than the interior width (Bg) of the channel so that the two supporting elements fit in the channel,
• the method comprising the following steps:
• A:
• placing the aid (15) in the channel (5) with the connecting element (16) lower than the supports (20);
• B:
• after placing the aid in the channel and before the wheel set (12) is installed, placing the leaf (3), without the wheel set, in a vertical orientation with the lower side of the leaf on the supports (20);
• C:
• after placing the leaf on the supports, placing the wheel set (12) in the channel underneath the lower side the leaf (3);
• and
• D:
• after placing the wheel set underneath the leaf, removing the aid (15) from the channel and then lowering the leaf (3) until it is supported by the wheel set (12).