How To Install Folding Door Hinges

Fortunately if you carefully attach the necessary mechanical parts hinges and door pulls you ll be able to correctly install a new set of bifold doors in a few hours or less.

How to install folding door hinges.

Bifold doors are much like any doors only connected into pairs with hinges and hung on a track. They don t take up too much room as they re able to collapse in on themselves and each panel is tethered to a rail so that the door doesn t swing outward which when you re installing a particularly large door is welcome. Then secure the hardware. Some bi fold doors include pulls but you can also install decorative hardware to complement the other doors.

What makes them look good and work well are a solid heavy construction and sturdy and carefully adjusted hardware. Bi folding doors allow us a means of opening out an interior. Most interior and closet doors were created to fit standard openings at 80 1 2 inches high but it is still important to measure the space before you begin to make sure the new bifold door will fit. To install decorative pulls mark a comfortable height on the face of the guide door centered is usually best for ease of use.

The heft of the doors is what keeps them from shuddering when you open them. Install the other half of the hinges so the holes for the hinge pins are facing down and the bottom edges of the hinges are aligned with the layout marks and flush. To install door hinges on a new door measure and mark where your hinges need to go on the door frame and on the door you re hanging. For longer openings you will likely need a set of doors to fully cover the opening.

Use a utility knife to score the outline. On the edge of the bi fold door that faces the jamb make layout lines 7 inches from the top of the door 31 inches down from this mark and another 31 inches farther down the door. In this video you will learn how it operates what you can expect what you. Hold the hardware in place marking the holes.

With a sharp chisel and hammer cut the wood in the shape of the hinge. Dan talks about how to prep doors for and install bifold lazy susan door hinges. Bifold doors overview illustration by gregory nemec.