Use a drill to unscrew any hinges or tracks from your closet opening and take off the old doors and set them aside.
How to balence sliding closet doors.
I then removed the circular door handles.
This is an easy diy for anyone.
A plastic guide attached to the floor typically keeps the door in place.
Snap the door back into place.
Measure the height several times so you know your measurement is accurate 1.
Rest the door on the glide and lift the door up over the bottom glide track.
Use a tape measure to measure the distance between the floor and the top of your closet opening to get the height.
Do the same on the other.
If you see an uneven gap it will require you to raise or lower one of the sides.
The first thing we did was my hubby took down the doors for me.
There should be an even and uniform separation all the way along the top and bottom.
Bifold doors consist of two pairs of hinged panels that pivot on a pair of pins.
Today we are taking some standard interior doors and turning them into sliding closet doors.
Usually the mounting bracket screws have loosened up making the door sag and rub against the carpet or floor.
Then i applied this wall covering primer to the doors.
Sliding bypass doors hang from rollers that glide on a track hidden inside the top jamb of the door frame.
Step 1 remove any existing doors on your closet.
First check the alignment of your closet doors.
When you re finished the opening to your closet should be free of any obstructions step 2 measure the height of your closet opening.
I recently painted my bedroom including painting white the stained trim around the windows.
Both types of doors seldom have a bottom track.
To fix it you ll have to work from inside the closet so get a flashlight and screwdrivers.
Stand back five feet or so and examine the gaps on the top and bottom.
We gave them a whole new look.
If a door has come off it s track take the edge of the top of the door and raise it a little above the track glide.
Then sit the wheels of the bottom of the door back onto the track.
The last step was to update our sliding closet doors.
Hold it against the jamb while you adjust the brackets as shown.