How To Replace Sliding Closet Doors

The most common types of closet doors are the regular hinged doors bi fold doors wooden sliding doors and mirror sliding doors while these traditional closet doors are great on their own they can be too common to the point of boring.

How to replace sliding closet doors.

Using a pry bar or claw hammer pull all the trim and casing off the old door opening. Pop the door rollers off the track unscrew the track from the header and remove it. To take the door out you ll lift it out from the bottom track. Step 1 remove any existing doors on your closet.

When you re finished the opening to your closet should be free of any obstructions step 2 measure the height of your closet opening. There are several different kinds of sliding doors available. The home mender dustin luby shows us how to install new slider closet doors and track by yourself. Replacing the guides allows the closet doors to work correctly.

Step 2 choosing doors if you discover that it is not the hardware that needs to be replaced but you need to replace the doors then you will need to decide what type of door will meet your needs. 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. Click the links to see what s inside dustin s toolbox. Measure the height several times so you know your measurement is accurate 1.

But there s also no one stopping you from considering how you can use. Prep the top of the door to accommodate the new doors. To make space to maneuver it you will loosen the brackets on the back. Remove the old doors and the old closet track and any extra molding inside the door frame 1a.

Unscrew the brackets on the top of your doors to loosen them. Obviously the closet door s primary task is to hide away clothing and clutter. Use the philips or flathead screwdriver to loosen each screw on the brackets at the top of your door.