How to change wardrobe doors to sliding?

jarrahlo

What is the easiest way to change the doors from swinging to sliding doors?

What are the best doors and tracks to buy. I want a wooden Hampton kind of look.

Thank you

Jewelleryrescue

This is do able.

Basically all you need is a dual sliding door track top and bottom set as in the link.

You can repurpose your own doors as long as you can put wheel slots/grooves for wheels to sit in There is no indication of the maximum door thickness the new tracks will take so be aware of that. (To use your own doors)

Shelves maybe need to be trimmed at the front to fit the double door thickness.

The timber the door edges butts up to when closed (the name of this eludes me) will need to be removed so 2 doors can fit side by side on the new track set.

Alternatively open the wall up and reshape it for an internal sliding door and join the two doors together and all should be well.

JacobZ

Hi @jarrahlo,

As @Jewelleryrescue has already mentioned, you can use a dual sliding door track. The top and bottom track are 89mm and 80mm wide respectively, so assuming your door jamb is at least this wide, you won't need to remove anything; you'll just have to fill the hinge rebates with Builder's Bog and then paint them.

Check out the Cowdroy RobeMaker - Sliding Robe Door Track System Install Guide for instructions on the installation.

Assuming your doors suit the desired aesthetic, you could simply reuse them as sliding doors. Alternatively, the Corinthian Cambridge Impressions Internal Door is Hamptons style and lightweight enough to use with this door system.

Let me know what you think, and if you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Jacob