How To Install Swing Out Closet Doors

The doors are slightly offset so they can overlap.

How to install swing out closet doors.

Bypass closet doors are usually two standard door blanks suspended from a track with two rails one in front of the other. They can be made from almost any door blank so can easily match other interior doors. Our house was built in 1977 and has all floor to ceiling sliding closet doors. See how to add value to your home by installing double doors on a closet with hinge mounted doors with a door frame.

This approach prevents doors from becoming an obstruction in tight areas like hallways. The rule of thumb is to install interior doors to open into the room. This video shows details of how to. Reuse the old doorknobs from the old sliding doors if possible relying on the wood block to hold the doors in place.

If the doorknob is on the left you need a left handed door. I wont to replace these closet doors with bi fold doors standard size to make it easier to get things in out of closet and to see what it in there better. An example of this would be a closet space storage space to a half bath. If you re installing a pre hung door make sure you get the correct swing determined by the placement of the hinges and doorknob.

Some blank doors have a specific swing. Stain or paint the closet doors to match the room environment. Reuse the screws from the old sliding doors in the new installation. Doors attached to tight spaces will often swing out to keep someone from getting trapped inside.

If the knob is to the right select a right handed door. When we moved here we paid for new set of rollers to make them operate efficiently.