Turn Bifold Into French Doors

Stop the doors from folding.

Turn bifold into french doors.

We straightened them out and screwed the braces to the back of the door. Measure and mark where you ll be putting the hinges. Once the roller was off the track i pulled out the roller. First off i love french doors especially mini french doors.

Unscrew and remove the track and any. Next i screwed the mending plates into each bi fold door. In this short video i will show you how to turn bifold doors into french doors. We found it pretty simple to turn simple inexpensive.

By locking bifold doors into a straight position that won t bend you can create doors that swing out like standard closet doors. For converting bifolds into french doors you have two options. By using the existing hardware it is possible to convert your bifold doors into french doors just by changing the placement of the hinges. Insert the end of a sharp chisel under the doorstop trim running around the inside perimeter of the door jamb.

You can keep the doors so that they pivot on the already existing pins like this closet door makeover. I hope this helps. I think they totally up the style in any room and definitely give it a unique look. You can then attach hooks or bars to the back side of the closet doors for.

Determine which way the doors will be facing and which one will be on the right and left when you hang them. Pliers helped remove this part. Take your bi fold door out of the closet and off the track if it isn t already. 1st option remove the roller pin thingy pretty sure that is it s technical term.

I kept the corners still intact because they will continue to hold the doors up. Pry up on the. I just pulled mine out and unscrewed it from the door. How to convert bifold doors to pivotting french doors.

The first step was to get the roller out of the bi fold track. Remove the door from the inside of the bi fold track.