Install Closet Doors Over Laminate

Swinging french doors are an elegant addition to any room in the house.

Install closet doors over laminate.

Laminate flooring is made to move when needed so screwing through to the subfloor under the laminate may not do the floor well. How to install closet door floor guides on a laminate floor this post reveals a simple and effective way to install closet floor guides on a laminate floor. Tony in oregon needs some help installing a closet door. If you are on a new hard surface like tile wood or vinyl and you can t get the door on the hinges because it is too high on the new flooring put the door as close as possible to position and measure how much it would need to drop to get the.

Swing the door over the full arc of its travel and mark it where it drags heaviest on the carpet. Drill through the laminate flooring and into your subfloor. Remove the doors and install your bottom door mounts in the location of the bottom pivot plates on both doors. I had a pergo floor installed in one of my bedrooms and by one of the home improvement stores.

And the one thing they didn t do is install the closet guides for the floating style closet doors because they d have to do something to the floor. Laminate floors might be installed over concrete plywood or particle board and any of these substrates provides a reliable installation for wardrobe door tracks. You ll find additional security for your closet doors if you mount them to the subfloor. Our teams can replace many interior door styles quickly and accurately.

Tell us about your project. Since sliding doors do not exert a lot of pressure at the guides on the bottom you could size the screw to only secure itself into the laminate itself say no more than 1 2 long screws considering the laminate should be about 3 8 thick the mounting plate is. It is best not to drill into these floating floors. Besides this method is cleaner and faster.