How To Measure And Install Sliding Closet Doors

Sliding closet or wardrobe doors usually come with all the running gear and tracks needed for installation.

How to measure and install sliding closet doors. You ll want to measure sliding doors from outside of your home looking at the exterior of the door. If you wish install full length mirrors on the sliding doors. Measure the height of your closet opening. Unless the height of the closet opening is different from the standard 6 feet 8 inches of an interior door you shouldn t need to.

Wherever you install the sliding door guides be sure that at no time does the door slide out of range of the guides. To install sliding closet doors start by screwing the top track into position at the top of your door with the track facing down. Once both tracks are in place hold up the first door tilt it back a little. The standard height is 80 inches which you can trim to fit your.

These doors come in 24 28 30 32 and 36 inch widths. On bypass sliding doors the guides are often installed in the center to keep the doors properly distanced from each other. Next screw the bottom track into place or glue it down if your floor is made of concrete. To fit the top and bottom tracks and insert the sliding doors you will need to measure the space cut the tracks to size and screw them into place before you can fit the doors.

You can adapt standard interior doors to use as sliding closet doors. Step 3 measure the track.