Replace Interior Door With Sliding Door
Measure the existing door and doorframe.
Replace interior door with sliding door. Take precise measurements of the existing door and doorframe. If the knob is to the right select a right handed door. If needed mark and carefully trim the bottom of the new door to fit the existing doorframe. If the doorknob is on the left you need a left handed door.
Trade your ordinary interior door for a farm chic sliding barn door with these easy steps. Then remove the hinge pins and lift the existing door out of the doorframe. Use a template to mark the holes for your door hardware then drill the holes making sure to hold the drill perpendicular to the floor. Once you ve settled on an area to add your sliding doors measure the height and width of the door opening.
Mark and trim the new door. The strike side the side with the lockset of these doors has a beveled edge so the door can swing freely. Some blank doors have a specific swing direction. We used a table saw but a circular saw will also do the job.
We wanted to give her a sliding barn door for the pantry doors because they are visible from so many rooms in the house and giving this space a custom look would not only serve a function it would look beautiful on the wall. Open the door and stand with your back to the hinges. This will help you decide how many panels you ll need to appropriately cover your desired area. Interior doors are an important part of your home s overall look and significantly impact its inner curb appeal while it s often easy to overlook these doors as just part of a home s background appearance and focus replacing interior doors not only helps tie a space together visually but offers other benefits.