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Bifold closet doors too wide.
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The snugger is a small plastic piece with a metal spring inside it.
This can cause the doors to swing open unexpectantly or cause a wide gap to form in the area where the two bifold.
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Surprisingly the door measured exactly 36 wide.
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Then take that number 1 1 4 and divide it by two.
Many builders will create a closet space intended for bi pass doors as they are less expensive and easier to install but even then the space should have been made to accommodate a normal size opening.
The required size of the finished opening for a 48 by 80 inch door is 48 by 82 inches.
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The rough opening should be 49 by 82 for a 48 by 80 inch door.
Look up at the end of the door track where the door stop called a snugger is located.
Using those measurements calculate how much you need to cut off the sides of the doors.
Use the table saw to cut it to width and length.
Slide the bifold door open.
Cut a piece of 2 by 2 by 96 inch fir to fit inside the door if you ve cut more than 2 inches off the door and exposed the hollow core.
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To do that take the measurement of the new door 36 and subtract the desired width 34 3 4 of the new door.
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How to make a 4 panel set of bi fold doors using frame and panel joinery.
We looked at bi fold doors but they are 24 inch s wide only and 2 of them would be too wide.
If the doors push against the spring too strongly the doors pop back open.
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