How To Fix Sliding Folding Closet Doors

Close the wood with a c clamp and leave the clamp on for 3 to 4 hours.

How to fix sliding folding closet doors.

Then mark the anchor pivot pin hole centerlines. If the rollers are damaged install replacement rollers available at home centers. Slam a bifold door too many times and you can split the wood where the top and bottom anchor and pivot pins sit. Tap the pin back in the hole with a hammer and mount the door in its brackets.

Take down the door and pry the pivot out of the door edge with a flat head screwdriver or pliers. Watch to the end if you want to see the fun part. To clean and lubricate the hardware of a sliding closet door use a stiff brush a toothbrush or a hand vacuum to clean dust from the tracks. Use an aerosol lubricant to lubricate all the door rollers.

Lubricate the rollers but not the track because lubricant will act as a magnet for dust. There should be an even and uniform separation all the way along the top and bottom. If you have a sliding closet door that glides on a bottom track clean the track with a damp cloth to ensure smooth gliding. Then retighten the screw close the doors and check the fit.

Then the door either sags or falls out of the track. Sliding closet doors fall off tracks. Remove a door by lifting and tilting the bottom out. Bi fold closet doors are some of the most used doors in your house.

Repairing bifold doors begin by inserting the bottom pivot into the bracket which can be screwed to the floor to the door jamb or both. Loosen the set screw on the top bracket and slide the bracket slightly along the track to adjust the space between the top of the doors. Close the door and again. Then hold the spring loaded top pivot down while you swing the top of the door toward the frame and under the door track.

Every home repair must end in fun. First check the alignment of your closet doors. Loosen the set screw of the top pivot bracket then move the top of the door toward or away from the door jamb as necessary to make the gap even. Once the door is approximately under the hole in the track release the pivot.

Stand back five feet or so and examine the gaps on the top and bottom. Tighten the set screw. If a roller is stuck unscrew and remove it.