Turn Regular Doors Into French Doors

Stop the doors from folding.

Turn regular doors into french doors.

We straightened them out and screwed the braces to the back of the door. One way to do this is to set it on shims and ensure the gaps above both doors are straight and equal before marking the hinge positions hanging the door and installing the knob and strike. Build a wall support structure to create excellent support framing especially if the wall is load bearing. Remove the bifold doors from the kit and.

Remove the track from the bifold door kit. Take your bi fold door out of the closet and off the track if it isn t already. Remove the single standard door and install a french door wall by using one of the french doors normally to enter and exit the room. Changing my bi fold to double french doors.

Install two or three additional doors that don t open or close to replace the wall itself. Remove the hinges and knob from the door. Center and screw it to the top of the door jamb using the cordless gun and the screws that come with the kit. Center the catch plate part of the ball catch on the marked spot and screw it into the top of the door frame the 2 2 you attached earlier using the included screws.

Unscrew and remove the track and any other hardware that was supporting the door inside the closet. Granted i wanted to make sure that my doors were more secure and wouldn t be falling when my kids inevitable swing on the door using the knob as a handle. You can keep the doors so that they pivot on the already existing pins like this closet door makeover. I just pulled mine out and unscrewed it from the door.

Attach the other door and then do a happy dance because you have managed to convert sliding doors to hinged doors and can now access your entire closet at one time by opening both of the doors at once. The doors should still be attached in the corner so that they have a point to pivot from because they don t have hinges attached to a frame like a regular door step 2. How to turn a bi fold door into french doors. I wanted better access to my pantry so i converted the existing bi fold doors into double doors or french doors.

Then attach the bottom door guides track so that the door doesn t wildly sway to and fro when being slid open and closed.