How To Install Bypass Closet Door Pulls

Mark the door for cutting.

How to install bypass closet door pulls.

Then trace the template outline onto the door. Generally the depth is around 1 2 inch or more just enough to enable you to push or pull the door closed with your fingertips. Flush pulls generally don t protrude from the door mare than 1 8 of an inch and vary in depth. Place the template that comes with the door pull over the desired position on the door.

If you have a hollow core door then you will need to locate the wood block in the door and install the pull in that block. Use a drill to unscrew any hinges or tracks from your closet opening and take off the old doors and set them aside. Step 1 remove any existing doors on your closet. Step 2 trace the template.

Flush pulls are most often used on bypass closet doors where the distance between the two doors is very minimal. Do the same again in a few more nearby spots it will pull the flush. Step 3 remove the wood. When you re finished the opening to your closet should be free of any obstructions step 2 measure the height of your closet opening.

You can use channel lock pliers angling the pliers inward toward the center of the pull and pinch the edge of the closet pull. Mark the measurement with the edge of another piece of masking tape so that. If you re installing a set of bypass doors you can drill the holes. Use a tape measure to measure the distance between the floor and the top of your closet opening to get the height.

Measure in 1 1 2 inches along the bottom of the tape from the edge of the door that you intend to install the pull at.