The sleek look of sliding bypass doors conceals clothing and keeps storage out of sight.
Installing sliding bypass closet doors.
Normally the back door is installed from the front of the closet in the back track and then the front door is installed in the front track.
Today we are taking some standard interior doors and turning them into sliding closet doors.
Unlike a hinged door they do not require space to operate.
Or you can choose our top hung bypass doors that eliminate the need for obtrusive bottom tracks preserve flooring and glide open with a simple touch.
Samurai will lower the casing to hide the hardware but that means that the doors can t be removed from the front of the closet.
Next screw the bottom track into place or glue it down if your floor is made of concrete.
Unless the height of the closet opening is different from the standard 6 feet 8 inches of an interior door you shouldn t need to cut.
Sliding bypass doors are the perfect closet doors for any room.
Turn basic closet doors into works of art by adding a large custom design.
This is an easy diy for anyone.
Select our most popular style the meridian double sided mirror which brings functionality to otherwise large unadorned space.
But this leaves a gap that shows the unslightly hardware and track.
The combined width of the doors should equal the width of the opening plus at least 1 inch.
Some minor variations exist among bypass door kits from different manufacturers but they are all easy to install.
Align the bracket track on the floor as per sliding door installation instructions.
Smoothly rolling from side to side they give you full access to all of the space in your closet.
This provides 1 2 inch of overlap between the two doors when they are closed.
Typically the top door rail is installed and the doors hung to find the exact positioning of the floor bracket.
Step 2 mark the screw hole locations through the track using a black fine point marker to mark the spots on the carpet.
If you wish install full length mirrors on the sliding doors.