Trim Around Sliding Closet Door

I have sliding closet doors with 1 2 thick 3 1 2 high base trim going in and around the closet area.

Trim around sliding closet door.

Ideally the bottom of your door will have more length between the bottom panel and the bottom of the door than the distance between the top panel and the top of your door. 2 questions how is the bottom track holding up with all the sliding back and forth of the doors i e. Look at your new door assess which end s you want to trim. If i cut back the base trim back i have the ugly bottom of the sheet rock showing and nothing covering the carpet edge.

Measure each side of the opening around the edge of the sliding doors and add the width. 1 remove the baseboard where the door trim will be i measured out the width of the 1 6 and the 1 2 and used my handy multitoo l for cutting a straight line through the baseboard. Then scrape or sand the face of the jamb to smooth out any paint or finish that s built up. Find window door trim at lowe s today.

Finally mark the reveal on the jambs to show where the edge of the trim goes. When the closet door is closed butted up to base trim i have a 1 2 gap. Door trim should be mitered at a 45 degree angle at the top. You then measure across the top of the door jamb.

How to trim around sliding closet doors step 1. See more ideas about closet doors closet door makeover home remodeling. Measure the width of the wood trim. Feb 14 2014 explore kate shotts s board trim molding ideas on pinterest.

Inteplast group building products 3 5 in x 7 ft interior prefinished polystyrene door casing kit. Just moved and have 2 massive gold mirrored closet doors. From what you mentioned above he paint is holding up well. Here are the steps i took for the sliding door trim.

Thanks for those updates. So you would measure form the floor to the top of the door and then make a mark on the trim piece and set the miter saw at 45 degrees. If you re replacing trim pry it off and remove the nails from the jamb. Is the gold showing through.

This allows the wood to. What is the proper way to trim this all out.