How To Remove Sliding Closet Doors From Track

How to remove sliding bypass closet doors from their track.

How to remove sliding closet doors from track.

At the bottom of the opening is a floor guide with two channels. Sliding closet doors operate on rollers that are positioned in tracks at the top jamb and floor allowing the doors to bypass each other in the tracks. 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.

The floor guide keeps the doors level across the door opening. Because sliding doors don t fold out the way bifold doors do they allow access to only half the width of the opening at a time. Remove any brackets locking the door on the bottom track. Before trying to lift the door out of the frame look on the bottom to see if there are actually wheels under the doors or a set of sliding brackets that guide it along the line.

Once this is complete repeat the process with the inside closet door. Both panels disconnect in the same manner. To clean and lubricate the hardware of a sliding closet door. Each door has its own track that spans the width of the closet opening.

Next carefully lift the door up at a slight angle to remove the bottom rollers from the track. 4 removing the sliding door before removing the door slide it to the point in the track where you see an indent. Then tilt it slightly with help and remove it from the upper track of the door frame as well. Rolling doors have wheels on the top and.

Tilt the track backward slightly then pull it forward toward you to remove it. Find sliding closet door tracks track kits at lowe s today. The slider rails are tracks that hold the upper rollers of each sliding panel. Getting the closet doors off the slider rails requires removing the floor guide at the bottom.

Once you remove all the screws lift the door up and make sure that it is completely removed from the bottom track of the door frame.