Replacing any old or damaged bifold closet doors in your home is a quick way to freshen up the design of any room. New bifold doors come in many different designs to complement decors including doors with louvers, solid panels and etched or leaded glass. Most home improvement stores stock a wide variety of different designs in various materials and can also order custom-made doors for special sizes or tastes. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Measure your old door for the proper dimensions. Purchase your new door based on these measurements. Bifold doors come in standard widths and heights, but you can custom order special sizes too.
2. Remove your old door. Loosen the screw holding the sliding bracket in the overhead track so the bracket can move easily. Slide the door away from the doorjamb until the upper pivot pin and roller guide can be popped out of the track. Lift the door to remove it from the bottom floor pivot bracket and set it aside.
3. Examine the hardware that came with the new door and compare it to the hardware now installed in your doorjamb. If the parts are identical, it may not be necessary to replace the hardware; skip to Step 6. If the parts are not identical, remove the old track and L-shaped floor bracket from the doorjamb.
4. Install the new track using any center guideline left over from the old track. Make sure the track is aligned so the sliding pin bracket is located near the doorjamb where you want the closet door to "stack" when opened. Loosen the screw on the sliding bracket so it can move freely in the track.
5. Install the new L-shaped floor bracket using any guideline left over from the old floor bracket. The floor bracket must be aligned with the center of the new track overhead.
6. Lay down the new door, "room side" facing up. Install the three pivot pins in the new door. The "toothed" pin goes in the bottom of the door on the "stacking" side. The pin that "springs" goes in the top of the door on the "stacking" side. The pin that includes the roller guide goes in the top of the door opposite the "spring" pin. Tap these pins into the predrilled holes with a hammer.
7. Position the door upright. Place the bottom toothed pin into the floor bracket guide. Tip the door until the top spring pin can be inserted into the hole in the sliding bracket. Slide the door back towards the doorjamb until the track roller can be inserted into the track. Slide the door towards the doorjamb until the door is in the proper upright position. Tighten the screw so the sliding bracket can no longer move.
8. Test the door. You may raise or lower the door by adjusting the "toothed" pin in the floor bracket. Raise the door if the top pins slip out of the track during operation of the door.
9. Install any door "closing guides" (on double bifold doors especially) and the knob hardware. Paint or stain your new door to suit.
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