My biggest complaint is that when the doors are open as you see in the second photo portions of the closet are almost inaccessible.
Change bifold door to hinged door.
Bifold closet doors allow you to see the entire closet contents when opened but you lose out on using the back of the door for storage.
And with two vain men sharing one small closet we need all the space we can get.
You can then attach hooks or bars to the back side of the closet doors for.
Make sure the hinges are facing the right direction so the doors will open the right way when you hang them.
Bifold doors are normally placed on such rooms as laundry and storage rooms or closets.
Use a pry bar and a hammer to gently remove the interior door trim.
Mark the outline of the flap onto the edge of the door.
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Lay the door side of a hinge flap approximately 6 to 8 inches from the top of the door s outside edge.
If the doors are wider than.
They should be the same distance apart on both doors.
These types of doors are sometimes placed between two often used rooms in a house such as between a family room and a dining room.
Then drill and screw the hinges onto the sides of the doors.
Sharing all the tips tricks of this closet door makeover how we changed our bi fold door to a hinged door in 1 day.
They should be hanging from the track by wheels at the tops of the doors.
Mark the location of the bottom hinge.
Cut away any old caulk between the door frame and the wall.
Bifold doors have two individual door panels that are hinged together.
You may have to wiggle them a bit but once they come off remove the wheels from the doors and remove the track from the closet opening.
I ve never been a fan of the bi fold doors on our bedroom closet.
The first step to convert sliding doors to hinged doors is to remove the sliding doors from their track.
The doors should look just as the did before but will swing together as one.
Rather than install new doors i decided to convert these bi fold doors into swing out doors.
Our broken bi fold doors in our large upstairs closet had to go.
We gave our bi fold closet door a makeover.
Measure and mark where you ll be putting the hinges on the doors.
Save the trim to be used elsewhere.