Reinstall Sliding Closet Doors

Sliding barn doors are great for giving your home a rustic look while saving interior space similar to a pocket door.

Reinstall sliding closet doors.

Angle the bottom of the door toward you while you let it down and the wheels should hook right onto the track. Step 1 choose guide materials. See how to add value to your home by installing double doors on a closet with hinge mounted doors with a door frame. Insert the wheels on the top of the first door into the top track.

This video shows details of how to. Then latch the wheels on top of the door onto the back runner of the top track. Follow these steps for a quick and easy installation project. You can choose from an array of interior door styles materials.

With the shorter of the two measurements you can determine the width and height of your closet doors. When installing a new sliding closet door or repairing a damaged one you may have to add or change the door guides that keep the door in place. Interior barn doors are hung from a track mounted on the wall above a door opening. Remove the outside closet door by first sliding the door to the center of the track.

Hold the door so the top is tilted backward. To determine the width of the individual doors divide the width of the doorway by 2. Then angle the door towards you and pull gently detaching the door from its top track. The runner is what the wheels roll along so the door can slide back and forth.

There are several different materials that are used to manufacture sliding door guides. Next carefully lift the door up at a slight angle to remove the bottom rollers from the track. Bottom tracks aren t necessary but we recommend adding one to reduce swinging. Insert the door s wheels into the double track inside the upper door jamb lifting it as far as it will go.