Screw one near the top one near the bottom and one centered.
How to turn sliding closet doors into swing open doors.
We stopped at the depot and purchased 2 packages of cedar paneling a sliding door track kit and some construction adhesive.
How to replace bypass doors with hinged doors.
Reuse the screws from the old sliding doors in the new installation.
I designed the barn door pattern and g man got to work measuring mitering and muttering.
Attach a magnetic latch to the wood block if desired.
Measure the length of the door opening from top to bottom.
Screw the board into place along the top edge of the closet opening to create a stop for the new swinging doors.
Lay out the frame pieces and ensure that they are square.
For example if there s too much space between the doors at the bottom you can shim either or both of the bottom hinges by putting thin shims thin pieces of wood behind the doorframe side of the hinge.
Reuse the old doorknobs from the old sliding doors if possible relying on the wood block to hold the doors in place.
Cut a 1 by 3 inch board to fit the width of the door opening.
Then attach the bottom door guides track so that the door doesn t wildly sway to and fro when being slid open and closed.
Attach the 2 2 to the top of the closet opening where the sliding track had been using 2 1 2 wood screws.
Planing the doors to keep them from dragging or.
Then measure horizontally across the width of the opening.
Measure the width of the opening and use the circular saw or a miter saw chop saw to cut the 2 2 to this width.
Drill holes through the ends of the straps or hardwood and screw three of them centered on the joint where the doors come together.
Also ignore any terrible messes you have let accumulate behind those pesky sliding doors.
Using thin shims behind the hinges.
Cut the purchased door frame into four pieces two pieces that match the length of the door opening and two pieces that match the width of the door opening.
A half hour later and only 20 bucks lighter we packed two hollow core sliding closet doors into g man s truck.
Sliding closet doors can be repurposed as swing doors with hinges two doorknobs and a central latch.