Turn Bifold Into French Doors

I kept the corners still intact because they will continue to hold the doors up.

Turn bifold into french doors.

Here s the easy way we turned craftsman style bi fold doors into beautiful stylish french doors for under 100. I just pulled mine out and unscrewed it from the door. Pliers helped remove this part. By locking bifold doors into a straight position that won t bend you can create doors that swing out like standard closet doors.

How to convert bifold doors to pivotting 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. The first step was to get the roller out of the bi fold track. Unscrew and remove the track and any.

Next i screwed the mending plates into each bi fold door. Once the roller was off the track i pulled out the roller. I hope this helps. 1st option remove the roller pin thingy pretty sure that is it s technical term.

We found it pretty simple to turn simple inexpensive. Stop the doors from folding. I think they totally up the style in any room and definitely give it a unique look. Take your bi fold door out of the closet and off the track if it isn t already.

Insert the end of a sharp chisel under the doorstop trim running around the inside perimeter of the door jamb. In this short video i will show you how to turn bifold doors into french doors. By using the existing hardware it is possible to convert your bifold doors into french doors just by changing the placement of the hinges. 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. First off i love french doors especially mini french doors. Measure and mark where you ll be putting the hinges. Remove the door from the inside of the bi fold track.

Tap on the end of the chisel to work it under the trim and loosen it. You can keep the doors so that they pivot on the already existing pins like this closet door makeover.