How To Remove Sliding Closet Doors No Bottom Track

There is no bottom track to step over.

How to remove sliding closet doors no bottom track.

A common misconception is that closet door hardware especially hardware for sliding closet doors requires a bottom track. In this video we show how to remove a sliding closet door facebook. A bypass closet features two doors that slide past each other. If there are brackets at the bottom remove the screws that secure the door to the brackets before lifting the door out.

How to remove sliding bypass closet doors from their track. The floor guide keeps the doors level across the door opening. Most of the time the door will pop right off. The belief is that the bottom track helps support the weight of the doors as well as keep the doors aligned.

Next carefully lift the door up at a slight angle to remove the bottom rollers from the track. Each door has its own track that spans the width of the closet opening. Tilt the track backward slightly then pull it forward toward you to remove it. Lower the door back into the bracket when you re done.

At the bottom of the opening is a floor guide with two channels. Then angle the door towards you and pull gently detaching the door from its top track. For vertical adjustment lift the door slightly until the adjustment wheel clears the slot in the lower bracket. Then try lifting it up a little and pulling it towards you.

Replacing sliding closet doors or making repairs to the upper rail requires getting the closet doors off the slider rails. Once this is complete repeat the process with the inside closet door. The slider rails are tracks that hold the upper rollers of each sliding panel. Remove the outside closet door by first sliding the door to the center of the track.

Remove the screws holding the bottom track in place with a screwdriver. For horizontal adjustment on the bottom track lift the door from the bottom and move the adjusting wheel toward or away from the jam until the doors are plumb with the jam. Rolling doors have wheels on the top and. Be careful when pulling a door out of the track as many of the sliding doors can be quite heavy.