Make Sliding Doors For Closet

Sliding bypass closet doors are designed to slide behind and in front of one another.

Make sliding doors for closet.

If you don t have an existing soffit in your room on which to hang your doors you can build one by connecting two. Sliding doors offer sleek functionality with a modern look. Today we are taking some standard interior doors and turning them into sliding closet doors. This is an easy diy for anyone.

To make the door we measured the closet opening and bought 2 1 8 s and 5 1 6 s to cover the opening. Flush doors do not have any raised sections and are completely flat. And that wasn t even the real wood ones but the fake wood looking closet doors and that s just outrageous to me there is no way in heck i was going to pay. Ensure the glass in your closet sliding doors is tempered to reduce the risk of injury in case the door cracks or breaks.

Cut four 2x4s for the door frame and miter each corner to a 45 degree angle. I priced out bi fold closet doors for this whole house a few months ago and it was just shy of 1 000. How to build sliding closet doors step 1. Several closet sliding doors come with glass panels.

Wood stain optional burlap any fabric or you can even use thin plywood i used 5 1 2 yards of burlap i purchased my burlap at joanns. Golden oak is a common stain for woodwork. If you re going for a contemporary look consider closet sliding doors with frosted glass which diffuses the light that passes through it. Choose a stain that will match your existing woodwork.

Our doors were 86 3 4 and the length. Like bifold doors these are installed on a track in the closet frame but the door shifts to the side inside the closet instead of folding open. Hubby cut a few inches off the board to get the right height and left about an inch or so on the top so he could put the rollers on the door. As a result it blurs the objects on the other side creating an aura of mystery.

They are built on a track with two rails allowing each door to slide on a set of wheels. Polyurethane is the clear. With a dado blade on your table saw make a dado. Sliding doors are great for smaller rooms where there is less space to accommodate doors that open out and away from the closet.

What all closet doors have in common is that they are all very expensive. Measure the opening to your closet.