As you look at replacing your sliding patio door with a french patio door there are a variety of options and upgrades to consider.
How to convert sliding doors to french doors.
Then you choose which style of french patio door you want.
Go from swing to sling in a few easy steps taking the initial plunge into a diy sliding barn door project may seem like a big dive but we re here to show you how easy it can be to convert your hinged doors into sliding doors in five easy steps.
Homes that were built in the 70s and 80s were rarely constructed with french doors.
You can opt to have your sliding glass door replaced with a french patio door.
Waiting to transform french doors into a barn door for our laundry room was hard but worth the wait.
Floor plans often include a set of hinged double doors at a closet a laundry offset in a hallway or as exterior doors that open to a patio or deck.
At conservation construction of houston all we need are the measurements.
The first step to convert sliding doors to hinged doors is to remove the sliding doors from their track.
The style and color of the door handle can be upgraded and you can also add grids for a traditional french door look.
They should be hanging from the track by wheels at the tops of the doors.
I recently shared how i repainted a console table for our living room which brought back memories of transforming french doors into a barn door.
If you were thinking of converting a glass sliding door to a french door the procedure is really not that complicated.
Changing sliding doors in your home to operable french doors works well for exposing certain closet items.
You may have to wiggle them a bit but once they come off remove the wheels from the doors and remove the track from the closet opening.
Most classic french door panes contain 15 panes measuring 9 inches by 12 inches so divide your door s width by 12.
See what we learned and learn from the mistakes we made before we had the barn door of our dreams.
They were however constructed with sliding patio doors either off the kitchen or the family room.
How to convert double doors into sliding doors.
It s an easy conversion.
Patio door options and upgrades.
Measure the width and height of the glass section of the sliding glass door.