1 remove the old door.
Replace closet doors with sliding doors.
Prep the top of the door to accommodate the new doors.
Pop the door rollers off the track unscrew the track from the header and remove it.
Replacing a sliding closet door shouldn t be a difficult or tedious job.
Here are a few tips to make the job easier and to help you narrow down your choices.
Then compress the door like a sandwich lift up from the bottom and remove the door from the bottom brackets.
Step 1 evaluating hardware.
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When that happens you might decide to give the closet opening a new look by replacing the bypass doors.
Remove the old doors and the old closet track and any extra molding inside the door frame 1a.
If something damages the track or the sliding mechanism the doors won t operate properly.
Sometimes the doors are in good condition but the hardware is what prevents them from functioning.
Then tilt the door until you re able to remove it from the track attached to the top of the door frame.
Reach up to the top of the door and if there is a locking lever push down to release it.