How to Measure Sliding Closet Doors
Bypass closet doors are a stylish and convenient remodeling strategy to enhance your bedroom, patio garden or office space. They require meticulous, careful measurement to assure they clear properly, but measuring is not difficult. A few tools and a little time and you will have new sliding closet doors.
Materials
- Paper
- Pencil
- Measureing tape
- Digital camera or cell phone with camera capability
Procedure
- Measure width of the closet top, center and bottom.
- Mark down these measurements onto the paper.
- Measure the height at both sides and center of the closet and mark these down as well.
- Measure the distance between the wall and the top, middle and bottom of the closet to make sure the measurements are the same. If they are not, a special door may need to be ordered or modification of the closet opening may need to be considered. If one side is shorter than the other, use the lesser measurement to assure a clean fit.
- Measure the frame of the existing door at the top, center and bottom. These measurements are needed for bypass closet design variations.
- Measure the inside of the closet top and bottom for track placement.
- Take pictures of your closet. Get close-up details if you can. These photos are important in choosing the best style for your new closet doors.
- Remeasure the closet to verify accuracy. Mistakes can be costly, especially if special ordering your doors.
- When ordering your doors, have the photographs available in the event they are needed by the manufacturer.
- Verify measurements when your new doors arrive to make sure they will install without difficulty.