Turn Bifold Into French Doors

Pliers helped remove this part.

Turn bifold into french doors.

I just pulled mine out and unscrewed it from the door. 1st option remove the roller pin thingy pretty sure that is it s technical term. First off i love french doors especially mini french doors. Bifold closet doors allow you to see the entire closet contents when opened but you lose out on using the back of the door for storage.

Once the roller was off the track i pulled out the roller. For converting bifolds into french doors you have two options. 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.

In this short video i will show you how to turn bifold doors into french doors. Determine which way the doors will be facing and which one will be on the right and left when you hang them. Remove the door from the inside of the bi fold track. You can keep the doors so that they pivot on the already existing pins like this closet door makeover.

Measure and mark where you ll be putting the hinges. The first step was to get the roller out of the bi fold track. Here s the easy way we turned craftsman style bi fold doors into beautiful stylish french doors for under 100. Take your bi fold door out of the closet and off the track if it isn t already.

Tap on the end of the chisel to work it under the trim and loosen it. How to convert bifold doors to pivotting french doors. I think they totally up the style in any room and definitely give it a unique look. Next i screwed the mending plates into each bi fold door.

I hope this helps. I kept the corners still intact because they will continue to hold the doors up. You can then attach hooks or bars to the back side of the closet doors for. By using the existing hardware it is possible to convert your bifold doors into french doors just by changing the placement of the hinges.

We straightened them out and screwed the braces to the back of the door. Pry up on the.