Fit a router with a 1 2 inch straight bit.
How to cut sliding closet doors.
You may be able to buy jamb stock that already has rabbets.
It s ok if the tracks you buy are longer than the width of your closet.
Our doors were 86 3 4 and the length varied.
If not mark a line 3 4 inch from the end.
You can cut them to size later on.
Once this is complete repeat the process with the inside closet door.
Install a forstner bit and mark your drill with masking tape just as if drilling a circular pull.
Surprisingly the door measured exactly 36 wide.
Use a carpenter s square to draw a cut line that is square with the side of your doors.
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In this video we show how to install standard sized sliding closet doors in a custom size opening.
Cut four 2x4s for the door frame and miter each corner to a 45 degree angle.
Remove the outside closet door by first sliding the door to the center of the track.
Then take that number 1 1 4 and divide it by two.
We install floor to ceiling mirrored sliding closet doors.
Then angle the door towards you and pull gently detaching the door from its top track.
Apply painter s tape to the door lining the edge up along the cut line and keeping the tape on the good side of the cut.
To do that take the measurement of the new door 36 and subtract the desired width 34 3 4 of the new door.
Next carefully lift the door up at a slight angle to remove the bottom rollers from the track.
Mark the amount you need to cut off the new door.
Hold the pull up to the door lining it up with the edges of the tape and trace around the outer edge.
If you have a particularly wide closet you may need to buy more than 2 doors.
Using those measurements calculate how much you need to cut off the sides of the doors.
Rabbet joints at the corners are stronger and neater looking than simply butting two pieces of wood together.