Measuring For Sliding Closet Doors

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Measuring for sliding closet doors.

These doors come in 24 28 30 32 and 36 inch widths. Ideally the door will cover 2 to 3 inches beyond the opening on each side. Use a drill to unscrew any hinges or tracks from your closet opening and take off the old doors and set them aside. Once you ve settled on an area to add your sliding doors measure the height and width of the door opening.

Measure the width of your doorway from each inside edge. Measure from the header to the floor to determine the door length you need. The standard height is 80 inches which you can trim to fit your. Then you will want to measure the height of the doors as well again do three measurements one from top to bottom on the left one in the middle and one on the right.

To determine the proper door width add about 4 to 6 inches to your measurement. You can adapt standard interior doors to use as sliding closet doors. Mirrored closet sliding doors are an ideal way to create the feeling of more light within. Many closet sliding doors feature mirrors.

Next you will want to measure the height of your doorway from the floor to the inside edge. Polished edge backed mirror aluminum frame interior closet sliding door with white trim model sp2 6080w 511 00 511 00. Step 1 remove any existing doors on your closet. This will help you decide how many panels you ll need to appropriately cover your desired area.

Sliding door styles mirrored. When you re finished the opening to your closet should be free of any obstructions step 2 measure the height of your closet opening. Try using interior sliding doors to separate your home office from the living room or even your kitchen from the dining room. Depending on the year your home was built or the quality of the framer there may be some varying sizes due to settlement or just poor craftsmanship.

Impact plus 60 in. Measure the height several times so you know your measurement is accurate 1. Use a tape measure to measure the distance between the floor and the top of your closet opening to get the height. To figure out what size track you need double your final width measurement.