Customize Cheap Bifold Closets to Any Size! [#14]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2024
- What do you do when the width of your closet does not match any standard size doors at your local Home Depot or Lowes? You Improvise!
Cheap Home Depot doors can be modified with minimal effort to get custom sizes without paying the custom price.
Tools you will need:
Table Saw
Wood Glue
A Drill Bit Set and Drill
Enjoy,
Phil
Insta @watchtmd
At 3:48 when you said “good enough”, I felt that 😂
Nice setup bro, the workshop looks really cool
Sheeze ... just looked these up - he said approx $45 per pk of doors ... same doors now (3 years later) are $94 .... all the more reason to get your skills in order. Great explanation on how to do this!
Awesome video and super helpful. Thank you so much
Glad it was helpful!
Great video. I'm about to do the exact thing but needed to see someone do it first. Thanks
Glad I could help
Great video do you recall the height of your opening. I am using the exact same ones. My opening was 80 inches. But they did not quite fit …to tight. So I am going to cut the bottom by 3/4 of an inch.
Nice video thanks! Now I just need to find a friend with a table saw.
Great Video. Saved me a couple of hundred dollars by not having to get full custom doors for a basic clothes closet.
Bro… what in THE HELL is going on outside?!? 😂. Great vid! Cutting both at once is pro level tip!
oh haha. this house is in inglewood, so every 10-15 minutes depending on time of day, you can hear the jets flying over as they arrive at LAX. =P
@@ThinkMakeDo gotcha! Sounded like you were in a damn war zone! I used the “cut both at once” tip last week and turned out awesome!! Thanks!!
Nice, well done! I learned a lot.
Great video! Have this same issue with a 47” door which will be an easier fix. Did you buy two 24” doors (two panels each) and then line up two separate sets of top/bottom tracks? Do you happen to have the spec for the HD door you used?
Excellent video, Thank you.
I have the same exact scenario 42" opening. Appreciate the video my dilemma is now solved 👍
How would you customize the track for the closet doors??
@@barrels3167 I had a door shop make me a 20" x2 outward swinging pre hung doors
Great video - this is my exact issue! I did have a question that the video unfortunately didn't answer, though: how do you trim the tracks??
tracks are usualyl aluminum or a thin steel. i just used a hand saw with a metal blade to cut them to size.
How would you adjust the track for the closet doors as well???
the track is a aluminum, or thin steel. just use a metal saw blade to cut it to size. very simple, and a metal saw is like 5 to 10 dollars at your local home center.
Good to know! Thanks
Wait I need advice, my closet is 46” W
(80”H) unfortunately they don’t sell 23” bifold doors anywhere! What should I do or where should I go? I don’t own a saw. I am a female, but I am great at home improvement, just never had a reason to have to trim the width of a bifold door, or any door really! I’m sure I can do it! But I need assistance, I don’t know what’s in the side of the bifold door…are they all hollow? If so do I keep the outer layer to replace it after? ETC!
Hi. You can buy a 48in closet door, and trim 1/2in on each side to bring the total width down to 46in. You’ll need a saw so either purchase or borrow for your situation. The sides of all doors have about 1.5in of material on the side walls
Very good video bro. Thanks a lot.
I have a 47" finished opening... so, I only need to loose 1/2" on each of the outer door (closest to the frame - not worried about the inner doors being 1/2" wider). I wouldn't need to worry about gluing and reinserting correct? Because I would still have about 1" of the outer wood support?
Hi, yeah for a 1/2 inch cut on either side, you should be fine. cut away!
These 24X80 bi-folds are now $96.
Good way to save money. No one will ever know.