A simple closet rod is not difficult to build.
Many closet rod kits are available with varying levels of complexity. With all of the organizers, shelving units and other options, it sometimes can be frustrating for a person looking for a simple, basic closet rod. If this describes you, there is another option. Build a simple closet rod with a piece of pipe, some scrap lumber and a few basic tools. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Locate wall studs within your closet using a stud finder. Each end of the closet rod must be lined up with a stud. When you find two in a good place for your rod, mark their locations with a pencil. Both pencil marks should be the same height from the floor and the same distance from the closet's wall.
2. Measure the space in the closet, from mark to mark, where you want to install the closet rod.
3. Measure the same length on a piece of 1-inch metal pipe. Mark the measurement with a permanent marker.
4. Clamp a pipe cutter onto the pipe with the cutting blade on the mark.
5. Rotate the cutter around the pipe once to start the cut. Tighten the cutting blade and rotate the cutter again. Repeat this process of tightening and rotating until the pipe is cut all the way through.
6. Cut two 2 3/4-inch sections of 2-by-4 board, and four 2 1/2-inch sections of 1-by-2 board.
7. Line up a 2-by-4 section horizontally under one of the pencil marks. Use a level to make sure it is perfectly horizontal, then drill two pilot holes through the 2-by-4 and into the wall stud behind it.
8. Screw the 2-by-4 section into the wall stud using 3-inch wood screws.
9. Position a section of 1-by-2 on either end of the mounted 2-by-4, creating a U shape. Drill pilot holes and screw these into the wall. These side pieces are not load-bearing, they will simply keep the pipe in place.
10. Make another U frame on the other pencil mark.
11. Paint the two frames to match your closet interior (if desired).
12. Drop the pipe into the two U frames, extending it across the closet.
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