Make French Closet Doors

Stave core construction stave core stiles and rails are made by gluing thick face veneers onto both sides of a glued up core.

Make french closet doors. Perfect way to upgrade old cheap doors. Buy an unfinished french door frame or two single doors with pre cut centerpieces from your local lumber store. But all these stupid doors take up so much space for real i hate doors when they open so i didn t want normal sized doors. If you are fitting french doors to what was an original wall or single door prepare the door frames and lintels beforehand.

So sliding doors were out of the question for in here. They just seem more upscale and better looking than regular bi fold doors. And that wasn t even the real wood ones but the fake wood looking closet doors and that s just outrageous to me there is no way in heck i was going to pay. What all closet doors have in common is that they are all very expensive.

Nov 15 2016 how to make craftsman style 5 panel closet doors using flush hollow core bi fold doors using only plywood. Use a chisel to cut out notch for hinges so they sit flush on the doors and door frame. Remove the pins in the hinges and screw the hinge pieces to doors and door frame. I just love how much classier french doors look on closets than the traditional bi fold doors.

Beautiful double interior door comes prehung and primed ready to prepare for your opening and is easily painted with minimal preparation time. So when the bi fold door on the closet in our bedroom broke off the track and was beyond repair i decided to use it as an opportunity to turn it into a set of french doors. To make a pair of 1 3 4 by 36 by 84 french doors plan to buy about 110 bd. Buy the replacement door.

Measure the door frame. Set doors on hinges add pins and make sure the doors close and open correctly. Experience the beauty and classic lines of the 10 lite clear glass solid core paintable door. Trace the outline of hinges on doors and door frame.

Measure the door frame to make sure the new doors will fit.