Fixing Folding Closet Doors

Sliding closet doors are loose and swing in and out.

Fixing folding closet doors.

A bifold should close snugly but not too tightly. See if the screws holding the guides down need tightening to be more secure. Close the door to check for smooth operation and to see how the doors meet. Bifold closet doors have several very common problems that plague homeowners but luckily they are an easy fix.

Top bracket loosen the set screw on the top bracket and slide the bracket slightly along the track to adjust the space between the top of the doors. Every home repair must end in fun. Watch to the end if you want to see the fun part. If your doors hang from a top rail and do not have a track on the floor then you need to either replace or tighten down the floor guides.

Bifold doors should be parallel with the frame and each other when there are double bifolds in an opening. To adjust the door s position at the bottom simply lift at the bottom and move the pin over to another position on the bracket. You can do this with carpenter s glue and a c clamp. Then close it again.

The first thing to check is what type of rail system your sliding closet door uses in order for it to slide. Open the door and then loosen the setscrew for the top bracket slightly with a screwdriver. If your closet door came off the tracks you should be able to easily fix it by removing the door and cleaning the tracks off. Bi fold doors are made of lightweight materials and sometimes the wood cracks around the one or both of the pivot pins.

This will push down the pin removing the base of the door from its hinge. Start by removing the metal floor keeper at the bottom of the door with a screwdriver. Then retighten the screw close the doors and check the fit. Bifold doors are the folding style doors that are most often used for closets.

Then grab the door from both sides and lift it off the track and out of the closet. Push or pull the top of the closed door to align its edge parallel to the frame. Adjusting the position of the door photo 1. Hold the door by the side lift it up and out.