Trim For Sliding Closet Doors

Look at your new door assess which end s you want to trim.

Trim for sliding closet doors.

This is an easy diy for anyone. Choose a trim that suits your home and your design aesthetic. When the closet door is closed butted up to base trim i have a 1 2 gap. The trim around a door is also known as the casing and it adds some architectural interest to your room.

Constructed using a pre finished high quality engineered wood the door is durable and scratch resistant. Buckingham interiors design ltd door trim ideas are a fast simple and practical approach to add dramatic appeal. 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. This kind of design is often found in colonial homes in the united states.

This sliding closet door features high quality european designed and inspired sliding bypass doors. The family handyman senior editor travis larson will show you how to trim a door in about 10 minutes per side. It was time to add another door style to the collection. 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.

I couldn t handle looking at these ugly things anymore so i decided to paint the sliding closet doors with a faux trim effect. I didn t need to sand since these doors aren t wood. Installing trim around a door regardless of whether old or recently installed is a snappy method to give your home a facelift. Today we are taking some standard interior doors and turning them into sliding closet doors.

I have sliding closet doors with 1 2 thick 3 1 2 high base trim going in and around the closet area. How to trim the new closet door with a dremel ultra saw. 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. First step was to wash down the doors to remove any residue or dust.

If i cut back the base trim back i have the ugly bottom of the sheet rock showing and nothing covering the carpet edge. The project will take a little longer the first time you do it but you ll be trimming out doors like a pro in no time. A home s door establishes a vital first impression. Door casing styles colonial style door casing.