How To Change A Sliding Closet Door

Replacing your sliding closet door.

How to change a sliding closet door.

See how to add value to your home by installing double doors on a closet with hinge mounted doors with a door frame. 1 remove the old door. Reuse the old doorknobs from the old sliding doors if possible relying on the wood block to hold the doors in place. Angle the bottom of the door toward you while you let it down and the wheels should hook right onto the track.

The runner is what the wheels roll along so the door can slide back and forth. Sometimes the doors are in good condition. Using a pry bar or claw hammer pull all the trim and casing off the old door opening. Before you replace the doors you should first look at your hardware.

Once i took out the old molding i had to put in a filler piece to lower the top of the doorframe to be level with the door molding at the top. Prep the top of the door to accommodate the new doors. If you discover that it is not the hardware that needs to be replaced but you need. This video shows details of how to.

Stain or paint the closet doors to match the room environment. Step 2 choosing doors. Attach a magnetic latch to the wood block if desired. Step 1 evaluating hardware.

Insert the wheels on the top of the first door into the top track. Pop the door rollers off the track unscrew the track from the header and remove it. Then latch the wheels on top of the door onto the back runner of the top track. Remove the old doors and the old closet track and any extra molding inside the door frame 1a.

Reuse the screws from the old sliding doors in the new installation.