These are simple, down to earth videos without loud music, unnecessary transitions, long intros and outros etc. This is one of the best DIY channels on TH-cam.
Installing the door opposite handed is my struggle as well, lol. Get in the zone working and trying to get it done and then step back and look at it at the end and go… dangit. Nice work!
Even though I'm probably never going to do any of these DIYs, I love to learn how things are done. Thoroughly enjoying your channel. Thanks for another great video.
hopped on youtube and found you posted. once i'm able to renovate a house i'll follow all your videos. Thanks for the time and knowledge to help all of us.
Great video! Going for Bi is always the right choice because it is great what you can fit into tight areas. Thank you so much for this great installation video!
Excellent video. I am finishing my basement. I have framed my bifold door in my bedroom and I am ready to add the bifold door. Answered all my questions. Well done!
Ha validated, i was thinking it would be better to have the door the other way because of the bulkhead, but figured you put it on that way for access from the kitchen. Great job, really awesome explanation!
I'm replacing bifold from one which had 2 tracks (bottom & top). I realized how ancient it was today & couldn't figure out what hardware I needed for my newer bifold. Thxs, this helped. I can remove bottom track & get a proper top track & hardware to install. 👍
Had one of those in a house we lived in some years ago. The rough framing was out of square, the jambs were out of square and I could never get the darn thing to hang right. Finally, I ripped the whole thing out and installed a new jamb. Nice work!
Very nice job.. clean look. And no back ground music thank you.well done I always just do drywall on the returns. Pop a corner bead on the inside closet side but leave the raw drywall edge on the hall side. Then i do a half jam that butts to ghe door and covers the 1/4 gap on the sides and covers the track on the top. Then do your casing on the front. For anyone just at framing stage , you need to allow for the finished floor height. Better to a bit bigger than needed as you can always shim to close in.. too small an opening and your into cutting your door down in height or width. And thats a video all bh itself.
You should be a teacher, very thorough video. I watched both Lowe's and Home Depot version of this and even though they are in this business, they did not explain it as well as you did. Thank you!!
Thank you sir! I live in a turn-of-the-century house and the floors are great practice for walking on a moving boat! 😂 Thank you for the instructions. Take care!
Great instruction. I was planning on watching several videos before framing in a closet wall and roughing in the bifold door openings, but you covered everything I needed to know before starting. Thank you. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
was thinking of your channel the other day, had the confidence to put up my sister's shelves finally, was nice to actually do something with the knowledge i collect here. (also lol if only you could fix my closet doors, the left bifold is fine enough but the right one from decades of daily use has made it, while functional, blatantly leaning way out of place/tilted. i'll get to it... uh. "one day")
I've got hideous bi-fold doors over my kitchen pantry in a 110 year-old house where nothing is square - and I'm going to watch this and your pantry video each another couple of times before I even start taking measurements. I identified five points (two of them with simple math) that I would have hashed up in the door process alone if you didn't do such a nice job of explaining what you're doing and why you're doing it. Thank you for a great video.
As I was watching, I was thinking that door should fold the other way. Then at the end you said you needed to change pivot side. All in all a great video.😁
11:36 Sweet transition! I had to rewind several times before I caught it! Great Video editing, Matt! Yeah, maybe you should have reversed the lead door, but the majority of the work is done, at least 🤣 See you in the next one, Matt. 🥰🥰🤗🤗😘😘
great instructional video. I'm planning to do this on a corner space, should I buy the bi-fold door first, then start making/installing the door frame and trim? thanks.
Could you have cut a groove in the center of your top 4 5/8" piece so that the track could be embedded in it and hidden? It seems like it'd be a cleaner install that way. Also - I'm looking at doing a very custom sized bifold door install (about 40" tall for a cabinet). I was thinking of using cabinet doors (3/4" thick) rather than 1 3/8" thick normal doors. Is this a bad idea? Thanks for the helpful video!
Stupid question probably .... but when you say you like to frame the rough opening such that you leave an extra 2 inches on top.... I assume that accounts for the height of the floor tile? Right now Im framing to baseplate on concrete floor which i will cut off for the width of the door. Good video.
Use 1x2 to clean up the door reveal. Should be Drywall or flat stock > 1x2 across top and down sides, flush with outer drywall (casings 1/4" reveal on the 1x2) > door, so that the edges of the door are covered by the 1x2, along with the track and hardware behind the 1x2. Generally the rough opening will be 81.5" tall (82" for certain carpets) and the width of the bifold, plus 1.5". So for a 24" door, rough frame 25.5". 1" will be taken up by the drywall, and the 1/2" will be hidden by the 1x2. This way you can account for the straightness of the studs (how straight the rough open is) splitting the difference BEHIND the 1x2 finish. ^^^^ this is how it's done in most new home construction when the opening isn't drywall finished (factory board edge hanging down from top plate ~1"). If you do it as shown in the video, it will look very DIY-ish rather than what a finish carpenter would do.
Are there any situations in which you would consider not using a door at all? Obviously hiding a washer and dryer makes sense but would you ever just leave the opening door-less for a closet with alternative functionality?
Hey Nic! Of course! If it works for you to have no door then you can do it. I would just make some nice open shelving or maybe some drawers but every situation is different. This is a linen closet so it will be filled with towels, sheets, extra blankets and I am sure a bunch of random stuff we want to hide haha. Thanks for watching!
Thanks! Im doing 2 closets and this video helped a lot. I was guessing you were using a brad nailer for the trim. Thanks for the clarification! @TheFixerHomeRepair
Did you use MDF or pine for the frame? I have some MDF pieces but I'm afraid it won't be sturdy enough with just brad nails holding it. Fantastic job on the video. Concise and informative. Love the channel name, too. I think you'd be doing yourself and your viewers a disservice if you didn't get a little creative with a separate video or an intro as a true "fixer"
Highly recommend 3x screws per side center aligned with the door. Yes you have to add wood filler and paint over, but that will secure each side, especially if it is solid wood or solid core. As ridiculous as it sounds, foaming the gap between the frame and the rough opening (window and door foam) helps dampen the sound so opening and closing doesn't reverberate throughout the house framing. Works really well for standard pre-hung doors. If you've ever slammed your door closed, you know what the hollow reverberation sounds like.
I hate bi-fold doors with a passion. I love pocket doors.... you just don't see those pocket doors anymore, I understand it...but still, they're awesome. I lived in a house with two giant pocket doors. You could close those doors and flip the AC on in the main room and cool down your living area and save substantially on electric.
Hey! Mrs. Fixer and I reallly appreciate it and thanks for asking. Our f&f had a baby shower for us & I think we own every baby thing ever made. 😂 We are excited & waiting for the babies to come. 😃 Thanks again!!
I hope you can figure out a way to just flip the door over to install it on the right side... then you won't have drilled that hole for the handle in a completely wrong place.
Great job. Although, you are better than me. You probably took the door down and put it in the opposite way to accommodate the bulkhead. :😉 Me, I would have just left it like it was. 🤨 Thanks for sharing. I was considering a bifold to separate a hallway from the main rooms. And now I am off to measure....📏🛠
These are simple, down to earth videos without loud music, unnecessary transitions, long intros and outros etc. This is one of the best DIY channels on TH-cam.
Thanks!! Appreciate it 😀
You should watch one piece
Wow! This was super cool. Never seen how a door way/trim was installed. You made that so easy to understand. Thank you!
Installing the door opposite handed is my struggle as well, lol. Get in the zone working and trying to get it done and then step back and look at it at the end and go… dangit.
Nice work!
Even though I'm probably never going to do any of these DIYs, I love to learn how things are done. Thoroughly enjoying your channel. Thanks for another great video.
Glad you like them!
Nahh you better watch one piece it’s pretty useful
You have great skills! Your teaching skills are even greater!
hopped on youtube and found you posted. once i'm able to renovate a house i'll follow all your videos. Thanks for the time and knowledge to help all of us.
Great video! Going for Bi is always the right choice because it is great what you can fit into tight areas. Thank you so much for this great installation video!
Excellent video. I am finishing my basement. I have framed my bifold door in my bedroom and I am ready to add the bifold door. Answered all my questions. Well done!
Awesome to hear! Happy to help!
Just great, Mr. Fixer. 🤔
have a great day 💕
You too, Charli! Thanks! 😁😀
Ha validated, i was thinking it would be better to have the door the other way because of the bulkhead, but figured you put it on that way for access from the kitchen. Great job, really awesome explanation!
😀 You were correct!! Fixed already! 👍
Watch one piece pretty useful
I'm finishing my basement and this is exactly what I needed. Thank you for the clear and concise explanation!
I'm replacing bifold from one which had 2 tracks (bottom & top). I realized how ancient it was today & couldn't figure out what hardware I needed for my newer bifold. Thxs, this helped. I can remove bottom track & get a proper top track & hardware to install. 👍
OMG! that is so funny that you put it on the wrong side. I love that you share it anyway!
Best explanation and details ever. You made it so easy to understand.
Hey! I appreciate it, thanks for watching! 😃
Extremely well explained!
Had one of those in a house we lived in some years ago. The rough framing was out of square, the jambs were out of square and I could never get the darn thing to hang right. Finally, I ripped the whole thing out and installed a new jamb. Nice work!
Very nice job.. clean look. And no back ground music thank you.well done
I always just do drywall on the returns. Pop a corner bead on the inside closet side but leave the raw drywall edge on the hall side. Then i do a half jam that butts to ghe door and covers the 1/4 gap on the sides and covers the track on the top. Then do your casing on the front. For anyone just at framing stage , you need to allow for the finished floor height.
Better to a bit bigger than needed as you can always shim to close in.. too small an opening and your into cutting your door down in height or width.
And thats a video all bh itself.
You should be a teacher, very thorough video. I watched both Lowe's and Home Depot version of this and even though they are in this business, they did not explain it as well as you did. Thank you!!
Thank you sir! I live in a turn-of-the-century house and the floors are great practice for walking on a moving boat! 😂 Thank you for the instructions. Take care!
Great instruction. I was planning on watching several videos before framing in a closet wall and roughing in the bifold door openings, but you covered everything I needed to know before starting. Thank you. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Know what’s most useful is to watch one piece
Perfect timing again!! Next job I need to get done. 👌
Good luck!
Great job!
What an artist incredible jobs you do
At first, I was like "YoU DoN't Do It LiKe I dO", then I was like, oh that's pretty clever. Good job!
I have 30 year old bi-fold doors I'm fighting with. Thank you for this info!
Beautiful work! Clean and simple instructions, without unnecessary music or special effects. I'll be checking out your other videos!
I watch your vids for fun but I'm about to install some bifolds so this was really helpful. Thanks.
Hey! Good luck with the install and thanks for watching! 😃
Like always. Awesome work Sir. 👍
good work man 👍
Thanks! 😃
Great video !! thank you
I love it, great tutorial! You are the best!
Great video sir, it was almost like watching Tom Silva. Thanks for sharing!
Looking very good.
Great job.
Thanks
Good idea building the frame 1st.
was thinking of your channel the other day, had the confidence to put up my sister's shelves finally, was nice to actually do something with the knowledge i collect here. (also lol if only you could fix my closet doors, the left bifold is fine enough but the right one from decades of daily use has made it, while functional, blatantly leaning way out of place/tilted. i'll get to it... uh. "one day")
This was exactly the tutorial I needed bless u
I love you videos. Hope your twins are doing good
thanks .. learned some good tips
Nicely done tutorial, Thank you very much
Used to have double bi-folds but the system just wore out. It was about 40yrs old……😂
The new system that you showed us 👍 looks heaps better.
Great video. Super clear and great tips and tricks included. Thanks. I’ve subscribed.
Thanks for subscribing! 😃
I've got hideous bi-fold doors over my kitchen pantry in a 110 year-old house where nothing is square - and I'm going to watch this and your pantry video each another couple of times before I even start taking measurements. I identified five points (two of them with simple math) that I would have hashed up in the door process alone if you didn't do such a nice job of explaining what you're doing and why you're doing it. Thank you for a great video.
Thanks for the lesson!
Looks great!
For the looks I would install door flush with the trim.Laser leveler becomes handy as well.
As I was watching, I was thinking that door should fold the other way. Then at the end you said you needed to change pivot side. All in all a great video.😁
11:36 Sweet transition! I had to rewind several times before I caught it! Great Video editing, Matt!
Yeah, maybe you should have reversed the lead door, but the majority of the work is done, at least 🤣
See you in the next one, Matt. 🥰🥰🤗🤗😘😘
😀 Thanks for watching, as always, Susan!
Per usual - a highly enlightening video. Are you going to cover the fold as little fingers can get jammed in the fold...
Thank you! And I think I will look into something I can use to cover that up. Thanks for the idea!
@@TheFixerHomeRepair - no worries and most welcome...
Awesome video man!
Great Video- Thank you ! ! !
You make everything you do look so easy, all those years of practice paid off for us viewers. Oh No, door on the wrong side, easy mistake!
Thanks for watching! 😃
Great video
Thank you so much for this video!
Thank YOU! 😃
Great info! Thanks!
Thank You
Thank you for sharing 😊
I'm remodeling a 70 year old house Brother I know what you are going through and you have to be better than a regular carpenter I like your videos
Thanks!
Hey Amy! Thanks for watching & for the Super Thanks! I'm glad that the video was helpful. Your house must have great character seeing how old it is. 😃
Excellent video! What length nails for trim and attaching jamb to wall?
great instructional video. I'm planning to do this on a corner space, should I buy the bi-fold door first, then start making/installing the door frame and trim? thanks.
Hey! I would buy the door kit to make sure that it's measured correctly. Good luck on the project!
First! Needed this video, thanks.
Awesome! Hope it helps!
That ending tho 😂
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@@TheFixerHomeRepair usually you're so meticulous that I'm going to chalk that one up to you being distracted by the impending births of your twins.
@@SuzanneBaruch haha I believe you are probably correct
Could you have cut a groove in the center of your top 4 5/8" piece so that the track could be embedded in it and hidden? It seems like it'd be a cleaner install that way.
Also - I'm looking at doing a very custom sized bifold door install (about 40" tall for a cabinet). I was thinking of using cabinet doors (3/4" thick) rather than 1 3/8" thick normal doors. Is this a bad idea?
Thanks for the helpful video!
Stupid question probably .... but when you say you like to frame the rough opening such that you leave an extra 2 inches on top.... I assume that accounts for the height of the floor tile? Right now Im framing to baseplate on concrete floor which i will cut off for the width of the door. Good video.
The Fixer 👍
What kind/size nails did you use for installing the jamb and trim?
I have a hallway that I would like to install a bi-fold door with a lock inside (that leads to a bath & bedroom). Any issue you see in adding a lock?
God bless
Can you follow the same process if the opening is drywalled?
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Nice work. Is that Ridgid nailer a 15 or 16 gauge?
Use 1x2 to clean up the door reveal. Should be Drywall or flat stock > 1x2 across top and down sides, flush with outer drywall (casings 1/4" reveal on the 1x2) > door, so that the edges of the door are covered by the 1x2, along with the track and hardware behind the 1x2.
Generally the rough opening will be 81.5" tall (82" for certain carpets) and the width of the bifold, plus 1.5". So for a 24" door, rough frame 25.5". 1" will be taken up by the drywall, and the 1/2" will be hidden by the 1x2. This way you can account for the straightness of the studs (how straight the rough open is) splitting the difference BEHIND the 1x2 finish.
^^^^ this is how it's done in most new home construction when the opening isn't drywall finished (factory board edge hanging down from top plate ~1").
If you do it as shown in the video, it will look very DIY-ish rather than what a finish carpenter would do.
Q: What is this style of door trim called? It looks exactly the same as in my Dad's 1948 ranch style house
Are there any situations in which you would consider not using a door at all? Obviously hiding a washer and dryer makes sense but would you ever just leave the opening door-less for a closet with alternative functionality?
Hey Nic! Of course! If it works for you to have no door then you can do it. I would just make some nice open shelving or maybe some drawers but every situation is different. This is a linen closet so it will be filled with towels, sheets, extra blankets and I am sure a bunch of random stuff we want to hide haha. Thanks for watching!
What nail are you using to attach the trim to the jams?
Hey! I use 18 ga brads into the 3/4 and 15 ga finish nails into the wall. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!
Thanks! Im doing 2 closets and this video helped a lot. I was guessing you were using a brad nailer for the trim. Thanks for the clarification! @TheFixerHomeRepair
Did you use MDF or pine for the frame? I have some MDF pieces but I'm afraid it won't be sturdy enough with just brad nails holding it. Fantastic job on the video. Concise and informative.
Love the channel name, too. I think you'd be doing yourself and your viewers a disservice if you didn't get a little creative with a separate video or an intro as a true "fixer"
Highly recommend 3x screws per side center aligned with the door. Yes you have to add wood filler and paint over, but that will secure each side, especially if it is solid wood or solid core. As ridiculous as it sounds, foaming the gap between the frame and the rough opening (window and door foam) helps dampen the sound so opening and closing doesn't reverberate throughout the house framing. Works really well for standard pre-hung doors. If you've ever slammed your door closed, you know what the hollow reverberation sounds like.
I hate bi-fold doors with a passion. I love pocket doors.... you just don't see those pocket doors anymore, I understand it...but still, they're awesome. I lived in a house with two giant pocket doors. You could close those doors and flip the AC on in the main room and cool down your living area and save substantially on electric.
What happens if you want to put another handle on the other side of the door. It then wont shut properly
mahk the orientation!✏
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Do you have a gift registry available for the twins? I’m sure I’m not the only one who would like to gift something :)
Hey! Mrs. Fixer and I reallly appreciate it and thanks for asking. Our f&f had a baby shower for us & I think we own every baby thing ever made. 😂 We are excited & waiting for the babies to come. 😃 Thanks again!!
Why such a big space on top behind the molding?
Couldn’t that be filled in with a 2x4 or something similar to stabilize the frame?
What did I miss?
You don't need to, interior door frames like this are secured at the sides. As long as the trim covers the gap, it's inconsequential.
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I hope you can figure out a way to just flip the door over to install it on the right side... then you won't have drilled that hole for the handle in a completely wrong place.
so they don't open flat to eachother
This Old House taught me that when in Massachusetts closet is pronounced “cluset”. You’re saying it wrong.
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First
Can you come to my house and fix my bi-fold closet doors? 😢
Excellent!
You mentioned what bi-fold doors are good for, you forgot pinching kids fingers
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I hate the missing trim in the background.
Don't you worry, we have a video coming soon on the finished hallway and that is one of the projects that gets completed. Stay tuned!
23-1/2 +7/16= 23-15/16
Most stupid way of assembling a folding door !!!
If you think that why are you watching? 🤔😂 Apparently you don't need a video. Thanks for stopping by though. 👋
Great job. Although, you are better than me. You probably took the door down and put it in the opposite way to accommodate the bulkhead. :😉 Me, I would have just left it like it was. 🤨 Thanks for sharing. I was considering a bifold to separate a hallway from the main rooms. And now I am off to measure....📏🛠
Thanks, Good luck if you end up installing a bi-fold!
My man. 🤜
Everything is fine, but you have to have a better drill and not from China, because it drills with force.
Gets the job done every time. 👍
Great job!
Great tutorial sir, Thank you.