Trim Around Sliding Closet Door

Measure the width of the wood trim.

Trim around sliding closet door.

What is the proper way to trim this all out. How to trim the new closet door with a dremel ultra saw. Inteplast group building products 3 5 in x 7 ft interior prefinished polystyrene door casing kit. The first step in any trim job is to prepare the jambs for trim.

Look at your new door assess which end s you want to trim. Then scrape or sand the face of the jamb to smooth out any paint or finish that s built up. 2 questions how is the bottom track holding up with all the sliding back and forth of the doors i e. From what you mentioned above he paint is holding up well.

How to trim around sliding closet doors step 1. So you would measure form the floor to the top of the door and then make a mark on the trim piece and set the miter saw at 45 degrees. Just moved and have 2 massive gold mirrored closet doors. Leave your wood trim in the room where it will be installed for at least two days.

Finally mark the reveal on the jambs to show where the edge of the trim goes. If i cut back the base trim back i have the ugly bottom of the sheet rock showing and nothing covering the carpet edge. Thanks for those updates. I have sliding closet doors with 1 2 thick 3 1 2 high base trim going in and around the closet area.

Feb 14 2014 explore kate shotts s board trim molding ideas on pinterest. Is the gold showing through. Here are the steps i took for the sliding door trim. You then measure across the top of the door jamb.

Find window door trim at lowe s today. Ideally the bottom of your door will have more length between the bottom panel and the bottom of the door than the distance between the top panel and the top of your door. This allows the wood to. Measure each side of the opening around the edge of the sliding doors and add the width.

If you re replacing trim pry it off and remove the nails from the jamb. When the closet door is closed butted up to base trim i have a 1 2 gap.