Instructions for Installing Bifold Closet Door Hardware

Bifold doors are most commonly used as closet doors. They are attractive and do not take up much space. Bifold doors open along a sliding track. As you pull the door out, it bends in half and slides down the track. Bifold door hardware consists of a pivot bracket on the floor, a track assembly at the top and the door handles. Install bifold closet doors anyplace you need privacy but don't have a lot of space.

• 1

  Measure the width of the closet opening. If this opening is larger than 36 inches, you will need two bifold doors. Subtract 1/4 inch from the measurement and divide it by two if you're installing two doors. Cut each track to this length with a hacksaw.

• 2

  Mark the center of the top of the closet with a pencil. Connect the two pieces of track together with the track connecting plate. Secure these pieces to the closet header with screws.

• 3

  Set the pivots into the predrilled holes on the tops of the leading panels of the bifold doors. Gently tap them in with a hammer. Place the guide pivots in the holes on the guiding doors and tap them in as well.

• 4

  Set the bottom pivots in the holes on the bottom of the bifold door guides and hammer them in.

• 5

  Position the jamb bracket on the floor directly beneath the top pivot bracket. Drill pilot holes in the doorjamb and the floor before securing the jamb bracket with screws.

• 6

  Push the snugger guide into the middle of the track. Measure up from the floor 36 inches. Make a mark at this level in the center of the door.

• 7

  Drill a hole through the door at the mark you just made. Place the back of the pull knob behind the door and twist on the knob.

• 8

  Close the doors and measure 12 inches up from the floor. Make a mark at this height, at the inner edge of each door on the inside. Secure one door aligner on each door at this mark.