Turn Bifold Into French Doors

Measure and mark where you ll be putting the hinges.

Turn bifold into french doors.

By locking bifold doors into a straight position that won t bend you can create doors that swing out like standard closet doors. We straightened them out and screwed the braces to the back of the door. By using the existing hardware it is possible to convert your bifold doors into french doors just by changing the placement of the hinges. Remove the door from the inside of the bi fold track.

I hope this helps. Stop the doors from folding. Pliers helped remove this part. I kept the corners still intact because they will continue to hold the doors up.

I just pulled mine out and unscrewed it from the door. You can keep the doors so that they pivot on the already existing pins like this closet door makeover. You can then attach hooks or bars to the back side of the closet doors for. The first step was to get the roller out of the bi fold track.

Determine which way the doors will be facing and which one will be on the right and left when you hang them. Here s the easy way we turned craftsman style bi fold doors into beautiful stylish french doors for under 100. First off i love french doors especially mini french doors. Take your bi fold door out of the closet and off the track if it isn t already.

In this short video i will show you how to turn bifold doors into french doors. Unscrew and remove the track and any. We found it pretty simple to turn simple inexpensive. Insert the end of a sharp chisel under the doorstop trim running around the inside perimeter of the door jamb.

Once the roller was off the track i pulled out the roller. Next i screwed the mending plates into each bi fold door. I think they totally up the style in any room and definitely give it a unique look. Tap on the end of the chisel to work it under the trim and loosen it.

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. How to convert bifold doors to pivotting french doors.