Trimming Out A Sliding Closet Door

Trimming a door is just like trimming a window except you start out with base blocks at the floor as shown here.

Trimming out a sliding closet door.

Door and window trim them if necessary. Another samurai aesthetic tip. Ideally the bottom of your door will have more length between the bottom panel and the bottom of the door than the distance between the top panel and the top of your door. The trim around a door is also known as the casing and it adds some architectural interest to your room.

The base blocks should be about 3 8 in. If you have sliding closet doors there is a chance that they are simply set into the wall with no trim around them at all. Look at your new door assess which end s you want to trim. The same goes for sliding closet doors.

If you want a custom look go for custom closet doors. 1 measure across the top of the closet door jamb on the inside. Wider than the casings. Closet doors keep your storage boxes and hanging clothes out of sight.

Constructed using a prefinished high quality engineered wood it is durable and scratch resistant. Two part 10 second adhesive makes very fast. Screw through the plastic track under the door space to accommodate the for missing tab. How to trim the new closet door with a dremel ultra saw.

These sliding doors are a bit limited as far as molding options because a there s a narrow gap where they overlap so your trim can t generally stick out more than 0 25 and b there s a track along the top and bottom so you can t add any trim there. The door features tool free dial adjust roller bottom trackless design and finished on both sides. Just make sure they keep close. This sliding closet door features high quality european designed and inspired sliding bypass doors.

Install doors from the back of the closet. When installing trim on a closet door it s customary to leave a 1 4 inch reveal or shadow line between the door jamb and the trim. Greater than the height of the baseboard you re planning to install. Samurai uses his secret weapon 2p 10 to install casing trim.

It makes sense to consider a mirrored closet door so you can try on your clothes right where you store them. The height of the base blocks should be about 1 in. It was time to add another door style to the collection.