DIY Sliding Closet Doors, Easy Do It Yourself
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Today we are taking some standard interior doors and turning them into sliding closet doors. This is an easy DIY for anyone!
Tools Required:
Drill/Driver
Mallet
Additional Tools Used:
Miter Saw
Circular Saw
Planer
If you are wanting to do this yourself. Here is the link to purchase these sliding door tracks - amzn.to/2ipMsjj
Everything was purchased at Home Depot and the total project cost was around $300.
Hi your the first guy to mention there are two different hinges #1 for the inside door #2 for the outer door....VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW Thanks Rob
Glad I could help!
I too would love finished project from a distance and see how they all interchangably slide. Thanks!
i realize it's kind of randomly asking but does anyone know a good website to watch new movies online?
@Kelvin Tate I would suggest flixzone. Just search on google for it :)
Been stressing about what to put up for my bf's wall closet that I created for him and feeling inspired by the way you hung these! I want the doors to open from either direction, but definitely want the center to meet the way you hung these! Also, I will be hanging from the ceiling, so will need longer doors. Thanks for taking the time to post this video!
I am SUPER IMPRESSED! You made that look so easy! Thank you!!! 💕
Thanks!
Thank you so much... my bifolding closet doors have been the Bain of my existence since I moved here like 2 years ago. Your advice proves that I can salvage the doors, but the double track, and it will all work out. God bless you.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it an can use it!
Pretty cool double track system
Thank you!
Great job on explaining 👍🏽 I wasn’t even looking for a video like this it just popped up soI started watching it and then I just got so amused with how good you explain everything then I finished the video
Terry Torres thank you so much Terry! I appreciate it!
Nicely done and filmed. A good help for me. I will be doing a similar job for the first time soon. Cheers.
Glad it could help!
Wanted to see how they slide and if it took more than 4 doors. That was a wide closet. I have a 120 inch closet I am trying to do.
Hi Judy,
The great things about using standard doors is that they come in all different widths. I used 24" doors to fill out my 96" space. If you have 120 inches, you could use 32" doors, and you will have a couple inches of overlap. Your biggest hurdle is that you will need 2 pieces of track or see if they can custom order you a longer piece of track. If you use two pieces, you will have to line them up very nicely, so they slide all the way across. You can do it!!
Nice job thank u for sharing ur skills 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
He got same name with me..God bless your son..
Thanks for these video!after watching this I tried them out and came out nice!can you do a video showing what you did to cover the tracks?
CueteP226 coming soon!!! So glad it came out well!!
Yes please
Thank you
If my closet has 120” opening what size doors and track should I get? Thank you!
I wish you posted a pic of the complete look especially opening up or sliding the doors
claudia cox new video coming soon to answer as many of the questions as possible!
@@DoThingsMakeStuff - LOL, yeah sure. claudia, if he answered your comment a year later, expect to see that video in about 10 years.
Mr. Blue we shall see. I’m home this next two weeks and it’s one of my projects so I’m hoping to start making videos again and this is an easy first one to start again.
Thanks
Very helpful video!! Thanks a lot. I have 81 in height closet and slab size is 80 inch. Do I have to cut off half inch? If I have to I would like to do at the store because I don't have saw myself.
Hi. Good video. Wish it covered the floor guide portion of the kit though
Hi Kathy!
There is going to be a follow-up video soon with the rest of the information. My wife and I made a few changed after we completed the build, so I want to show you how we ended the build!
Let see the doors slide open !!
Hmmm did I not do that!? Shoot sorry!
Did all 4 doors slide?? And what's the size of the opening??
Can you do a video of you hiring a contractor to do this and you drinking beer watching TV while he works? Just kidding :) Great video was very helpful. The biggest problem for me was cutting the doors down to size. Great video and much appreciated
Haha perfect! At some point I’ll find of video of me watching. But yes cutting the doors is tedious If you cut too much on and then you got to fill in the bottom of the door and then if you don’t cut enough you got to keep taking the door off to go cut it.
Would like to have seen the complete job with the 4 doors sliding and the bracket at the bottom
Derwin Gholston check out part 2!!
Derwin Gholston czcams.com/video/4qksR__RzGs/video.html
Loved it and waited to see the final product. No video of the final product???
tjaniga thank you for the comment! The video got long and my wife had a couple of changes sooooo video two coming soon!
Did you ever end up posting that second video? I really wanted to see how this worked when finally done. We are trying to figure out our closet door situation! Thank you so much.
Thanks will be looking for it
You actually took off 1-7/8" because you took 1/8" saw kerf off the keeper side of the line. 😉 thanks for the vid, I frame houses but never install bypass doors.
You’re right I did because they ended up being too long on the one I test fit so I cheated a bit but didn’t explain it :-) good catch!
I think I would have made one big door out of two smaller ones. That way you'd only have 2 doors to bypass each other rather than four. Four doors will be too much for a young boy to deal with as he grows. And yes, when you make a video, people want to see the end products working.
tegma two doors is something we talking about but my wife likes the middle doors on the front track and the outside doors on the back track so two doors wouldn’t work for what we wanted. Thanks for the input! This was my first video and I know I keep saying it but I’m hoping to film an update/finishing up the doors video soon!
Two large doors would have limited the access to the closet storage I think.
Great job, another good video in my library thanks...
Great job, no need for more explanation
I have a question. Why don't you use a bottom track also?
It’s not part of these kits. The bottom has a guide that screws in just to make sure the doors don’t swing out
Hey is there a video of two tracks installation my closet is 80 by 80 and not sure how I add doors to it
hey, have an issue with you cut line, its held as good practice to keep the cut-line on the work piece in case u need to do some fine shaving for precision...
Thanks for the comment Albert. I hear what you are saying, from my experience I like to mark the line exactly where it should be and adjust by cutting on the line or on one side or the other. Personal preference but to each his own!
well, I do believe that most people who are drawn towards this sort of video are novices with the exception of a few pros who do seek the confidence or a sort of refresher course before attempting a job, with all due respect to your technique, i believe highlighting such an issue like the side of the line to cut to is crucial, like how one may prefer not use a guard on a power tool like the table saw but still recommend it, to cover the bases...
So your overhead is the same as mine, no frame. But I only use one track. Is is gonna be ok? And when I drill the 1-1/2 screw it wont go all the way (maybe there’s metal). So I ended up buying a 3/4 screw. Would it ok? And since I use the 3/4 screw would it be safe for the door which is 26 lbs?
It really it depends on what it went into. If it’s just drywall then no. I would drill a hole and use a screw
The opening in my newly constructed washer and dryer area is ht 80 x 81 wide. The washer and dryer space depth is 34 but the frame is built out to accommodate the tracks. I need four 20 inch doors as stack sliders. I can have doors made and have them thinner ..but will I be able to put four tracks up. And should I place a recessed track on the bottom? Thanks
I'm not 100% sure you would want 4 tracks but yes you would just get two kits. Each kit has 2 tracks so you can just mount them one in front of the other! the bottom uses a guide and you're for sure going to need some extra ones!
great job
what about putting something on the floor so that they dont swing back and forth so much?? Some type of guide??
Cynthia Vanbiene thanks for the question! The kid does come with some floor guides and I'll make an update video showing them. A some screws will hold them down tight. We have laminate flooring in the bedroom that it is attached to. If you have tile,concrete or some other harder material you can also use screws but you will have to use a masonry drill bit first, as well as some masonry screws.
My wife decided it would be better to have two of the doors attached together which changes the opening. I'll show that in the follow up video as well!
Thanks for tuning in!
I have been reading the video again and again because I am trying to install the closet door in the same way. One question here is why you said you would cut the top 3/4 inch and the bottom 1 inch, but actually you cut 1-3/4 at the bottom only?
wow so sorry I just saw this comment. I Would cut them that way so that the spacing between the door panel was similar at the top and bottom. You are correct I did it with just the bottom because it was less work to just add a support piece back in the bottom!
Very nice broo
Would it be ok to put a piece of 1”x4” or a 2x 4 under the header instead of taking the extra inches off of the doors?
Absolutely! you would just need to follow up and make sure that your decorative framing would cover it up!
Dang! I really wish you would've shown full shot of the final doors and shown them sliding on the track once they were all installed... Missing punch line to an otherwise awesome video.
Hey Karina! Had to make a part two, the video got too long! Check my videos for that one
@@DoThingsMakeStuff Oh, thanks for the info! Do you have a link to the 2nd part in the description? (or would you mind sharing it here as a reply). Again, thanks for the great video! The editing is great, pace is really good, seems to include all the vital details (I'm not making my closet doors yet so I'll have to post a new comment after I do to share the results or if there was anything I needed info on that you didn't include but I suspect your video will be perfect to help me complete my project).
@@KarinaHunter czcams.com/video/4qksR__RzGs/video.html
Here ya go!
@@DoThingsMakeStuff Thanks so much! I'll keep you posted (I'm in the middle of a fix rn so the closet doors are scheduled hopefully for Feb) on my degree of success (hope that doesn't jinx it).
Honestly I'm wondering if u like watching this mich camera movement with a very shaky camera. This was hard to watch.
But helpful. Thanks
The Phoenix Art hey sorry! Just a dude trying to make some content! I just bought a tumblr so hopefully things will be getting better! I’m not used to shooting myself on video, normally I’m behind the camera
@@DoThingsMakeStuff nah man. Dont mention it. Not everyone has motion sickness.
Good job Darren this is Vincent from life group
You show marking 1- 3/4" when trimming the doors. Earlier, you said that there was about an inch of wood top and bottom before you cut into the hollow portion of the door. Maybe I missed something in the logic? This is a great video and I appreciate your time and effort.
Good Catch! I thought there was less before I cut the door. It ended up having almost 2" of material at the bottom. On previous projects, I have need to cut more than the block at the bottom of the door. If you need to cut off more than the 2" you need to either peel off the door facing from either side of the block you cut out or it may be easier to cut a new spacer from pine and glue it in yourself!
Great job
tim thank you so much! Update video coming soon!
Hi I partitioned an area in my basement and made sort of a walking closet for my wife. However I need an idea to cover it I can't do the sliding doors because I have suspended ceilings which I can't screw the guide rails onto. Any thoughts on what I can do?
Hey! If you’re thinking something similar why don’t you add a header with some supports on the sides. The doors are very light and typically with a drop ceiling it can support some weight as long as it’s evenly distributed. What if you did a stub wall on the side that supported a header and then ran normal closet slide if doors that roll on the ground. That way there is no weight up top, the top is just a guide. And at that point the header really just needs to be something strong enough not to bow in the center. You can screw through the top of the drop ceiling just so they are lightly attached so it doesn’t move. That would be my thought
Really nice
Thank you for sharing!!!’
Rob L thank you for watching! I hope it was helpful
DoThingsMakeStuff
Yes, it makes me optimistic to the point that I start thinking I can do it as good as yours.
Do you have any videos about Engineered wood floor?
Rob L I don’t but what specifically about it are you looking for?
DoThingsMakeStuff
I am about to take out the carpet from the bedrooms of my new home and install engineered hardwood floor... I just don’t wanna mess it up since it’s the first time I will be doing it lol
Rob L my best piece of advice is get one that’s waterproof! I’ve done the floors in our house 3 times because water damage. It doesn’t take much for them to bubble with a water spill. There has to be some great videos on CZcams for you though!!
Hey what did you build to cover the track? I’m having the same look and I want to hide the track
I think I put that in the part 2 video. I used a piece of trim that matched the door trim and nailed in on the opening, and hung it down to cover the track.
I came here just to see how to install the floor guide and there's no for guide unbelievable
Sorry! Its a two part video! Check out part 2!!!
@@DoThingsMakeStuff Thanks!, your good. Its just me. I figured it out. just not focused with too many distraction.
@@fmradio42 all good!! Also I simply just double sided taped them with 3M. It’s not my favorite, I would rather use screws but I’m into concrete and a floating floor
I have a similar closet how do i get the roley things back own cause own one side they fell off
Good job!
Thank you so much! I appreciate the comment!
Where did you and your wife get the gray and white storage bins from...and the other ones on the right,the ones that are hanging?
Keila Prevette thanks for the question! They are all from target!
Thank you so much! I've been wondering if I can take some of the old vintage doors from the restores/haibitat for community stores and match my original 1930s doors in the closet - and this answered my question! The stuff at the box-stores feel like cardboard and aren't that nice - but I didn't want it to be a two-year project! making my own.
I love it!
Curious how they are holding up. I was concerned about the "swing" of the doors bending/damaging the track. Have you had any issues with them?
Few years and no problem! Adjusted them a couple times but other than that it’s worked great!
Just wondering what you did to hide the wheels on the top what kind of trim did you use
Hi Kathy!
There is going to be a follow-up video soon with the rest of the information. My wife and I made a few changed after we completed the build, so I want to show you how we ended the build!
hello i was wondering where did you buy the metal plate that you used to cover the hole
Isabel Machado
Thank you for the question! Mine actually came with the sliding track kit but they do sell them at most major hardware stores in the same section where you can find latches and hinges! Good luck!
How large is the space. I will like to build something similar for my laundry room but the high is 82" of course 83" because is not completely level and the with is 91.5" I do have ceramic floors I'm not looking to drill maybe glue a track if anything.
Hi Victoria,
If the total high is 82" you should be able to do it! My opening is between 80" and 80.5 and I actually had to cut the bottom of my doors to fit as well as adjust them up to the maximum height. Worst case would be that you might need to shim the whole frame down. I would find a 3/4" piece of wood, stain it or paint it to make a frame for the closet that would make the height a little bit less, also use the casing to level it out!
Use 32" doors, and they will overlap just a little bit which should give you a great looking closet door! You can do it!
Wow, great job! What's the model of your saw? I want to have one.
I believe I was using an old Craftsman Circular saw, a Dewalt Compound Miter saw and a very inexpensive planer for Harbor Freight!
Thanks for showing. If I want to hang three panel, should i get a track with three channels? Appreciate with any advice.
Tom Lee no need! The normal track has two channels which will Work great unless you want all three doors to collapse down to a single door width
Yes, that is what i want to collapse into one door width. Thanks
Did you secure the doors at the bottom?
Just used the guide that came with the kit!
I have a 57.5in wide x78.75in high ID closet trying to put sliding doors on. Suggestions?
Charles Curry thank you for the comment! Two 30" wide doors will be great but the height is where things will get fun. 78.75" tall means you are going to have to cut the doors shorter or order some custom height doors. When you choosing a door style make sure it is one that give you plenty of room to remove material and not look uneven.
You may be removing up to 3" or more, so your best bet may be removing equal amounts from the top and bottom.
You've got a little bigger project on your hands but very doable! Good luck and send me a message if you have any more questions!
Thanks for responding so quick. I think maybe just some plain 30x 80 solid core doors? That way can cut as much as I need. I'll let you know how it goes.
Charles Curry The thing I would worry about is the weight.
Why didn't you include video showing how the doors slide by each other ? I waited and waited to see how 4 doors in one opening function, so disappointed you didn't think to include that !
Sorry buddy the video got too long and I ended up splitting it into a part two
So the bottom doesnt need a trail like the upper?
Oshrit Appelboim Giese the bottom doesn’t need a track like the top. It does comes with a set of guides that attach to the floor so the doors don’t swing in and out. I didn’t add these when I made the video but I’m going to now maybe not
I want say the video seems helpful...and i have the same size of closet but i will have to buy or find about 9 feet wide doors. Thank you for your reply Merry Christmas 🌟🌟🌟
What did you use as a bottom track??
Hi, thank you for the video, do you remember how much you might have paid for the track? They can be a bit expensive from what I've seen so I was wondering if you could let us know. Thanks!
$40
Chipout on the top of the door from planing.
? Any chip out that happened was at the bottom and was sanded off real quickly!
How did you align the bottom door glides so all the doors can open?
Hey Rob thanks for the reply! I didn’t show a good chunk of finishing details that I plan on doing a video for next week. Now that the video is a year only it’s probably a year overdue!
You should have purchased two wider doors. Home depot also have doors that dont have the door lock cut out.
Michael Lee thanks for the comment Michael! The cut outs are nice because if gives you something to hold onto when you slide the doors. Unless they have cut outs without the side cut for the bolt?
My wife is a crazy fan of symmetry I’m not sure she would have let me go with different size doors!
The bear's name should be woody!
I did not get to see how the doors slide open...
Check out part 2, the video got to be too long
When is the update coming out on your doors ?
Smfle I'm just about to film an update about why I haven't been able to yet but it's going to be out in the next week or so!!!!
Does anyone know what type of wood is this called as?
Mojgon Navayazdan these are door blanks found in most hardware stores!
Bear's name: Harvey
Harvey is a great name!
I thing you are super smart and very talented…however…. I get seasick trying to watch your videos😳
Thanks for the comment! I’ve recently picked up a camera with stabilization some hopefully that helps a bit!
where did you buy the kit?
Rod White, Home Depot and Amazon have them available. I posted a link in the description if you wanted to take a look.
Thanks for the comment,
Darren
Baloo
You didn't even show the final result!
Had to do a part 2!
Bear name VERDAD bear...