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How to Install Bypass Pantry Doors | Ask This Old House

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Ask This Old House carpenter Nathan Gilbert travels to Missouri to install a set of bypass doors for a pantry.

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Time: 3-4 hours

Cost: $150

Skill Level: Moderate

Tools:
Drill driver [https://amzn.to/35X3hYs]
Forstner bit [https://amzn.to/2LpDxKP]
Level [https://amzn.to/2WqNcXQ]
Measuring tape [https://amzn.to/2WSIS2H]
Track saw [https://amzn.to/2zwrcC6]
Brad nailer [https://amzn.to/2WRJoOu]

Shopping List:
Primed trim piece [https://thd.co/2WrCW1u]
Interior doors [https://thd.co/2SYElKU]
Bypass door hardware kit [https://amzn.to/2LrnRqs]
Shims [https://amzn.to/2WRjt9D]

Steps for installing bypass doors:
1. Start by prepping the opening of the doors. In some cases, it might be necessary to pad the opening with some primed 2x stock material to ensure the opening is the exact width as the width of the doors. If the width of the opening is the correct dimension, notch out the opening to accept the trim piece, which will be added later to hide the track once its installed.
2. Hold the track up to the top of the opening and mark the holes for the screws.
3. Remove the track and drill pilot holes on the marks.
4. Secure the track to the top of the opening using screws that come with the kit.
5. Check the track for level. If it’s out of level, the top of the opening can be padded out with a few shims.
6. Hang the roller hardware into the track. Measure from the bottom of the floor to the hardware. Subtract ½” to allow for some clearance for the door.
7. Transfer that measurement to each door and cut the door to size using the track saw. Be sure to cut off material from the bottom of each door.
8. Mount the roller hardware to the door about 1” in on both sides with the drill driver and provided screws.
9. Hang the doors on the track.
10. Place the floor guide on the floor and place the doors in each slot. Once the floor guide is in a good location, secure it to the floor with screws.
11. Drill a hole in each door using a Forstner bit to accept a finger pull that comes with the kit. This will allow the doors to be easily opened and closed.
12. Attach the trim piece in the two notches that were cut in the opening to hide the track. Secure them with a brad nailer.

Resources:
Nathan installed two JELD-WEN Colonist Primed wood interior doors [https://thd.co/2SYElKU] that most closely matched the dimensions of the opening. Nathan recommends ensuring the door has not been pre-hung and does not have bore holes in it for a standard knob. These doors can be found at home centers.

To make the doors bypass, Nathan mounted a Bypass Door Hardware kit [https://amzn.to/2LrnRqs], which is manufactured by Johnson Hardware (https://www.johnsonhardware.com/). The kit comes with all the hardware required to mount the doors.

All the other tools and materials required to install these doors can be found at home centers.

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  1. Simple solution when bifold and pocket doors are not an option due to clearances. The opening was wide enough to accommodate full sized doors. Our pantry was much narrower. Wound up using bifold doors as the two bypass doors (remove bifold hardware, fill holes). Tricky part was how little wood there is in the inside of the bifold doors. Went with larger rectangular finger pulls so it wouldn’t look like a bedroom closet.

  2. So I take it that this guy is phasing out Tom Silva, he's the last to go, out with the old and in with the new. The host of the show is the next to go …. tick tock … tick tock …. it's just a matter of time now

  5. If they had bothered painting the walls in the pantry and improved lighting, there's no need for doors. Adding them in really ruined the space and just boxed in the kitchen.

    If I bought the house, those doors would get ripped out first to both get rid of the space ruining doors but to also make the pantry 100% more functional.

    A pantry only half accessible at a time is horrible.

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