Then compress the door like a sandwich lift up from the bottom and remove the door from the bottom brackets.
Replace closet doors with sliding doors.
Replacing a sliding closet door shouldn t be a difficult or tedious job.
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Reach up to the top of the door and if there is a locking lever push down to release it.
Once i took out the old molding i had to put in a filler piece to lower the top of the doorframe to be level with the door molding at the top.
Sometimes the doors are in good condition but the hardware is what prevents them from functioning.
Step 1 evaluating hardware.
If something damages the track or the sliding mechanism the doors won t operate properly.
When that happens you might decide to give the closet opening a new look by replacing the bypass doors.
Before you replace the doors you should first look at your hardware.
Prep the top of the door to accommodate the new doors.
Pop the door rollers off the track unscrew the track from the header and remove it.
Then tilt the door until you re able to remove it from the track attached to the top of the door frame.
1 remove the old door.