So when the bi fold door on the closet in our bedroom broke off the track and was beyond repair i decided to use it as an opportunity to turn it into a set of french doors.
How to make a bifold door lock.
Slide the lock up until the end of the bolt.
Lay both door panels face down on the ground.
You might also want to consider top mounting child locks to lock single or double doors.
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Use simple zip tie child locks to keep kids out of a space closed with bifold doors.
For reasons of space i want to replace our inward opening bathroom door with an inward opening bi fold door this sort of thing but i can t think how to add a lock to it.
Mark the door at the locations of the screw holes in the lock with a felt tip marker.
A bolt going upwards only works if you are tall.
Install 3 inch long surface bolts at the upper portions of the edge bands of the innermost doors one at a time.
Apply glue to the joints and assemble the frame using a brad nailer with 2 1 2 inch brad nails.
A hook and eye arrangement doesn t sound.
Press the lock release to open the door.
The common butt join is fine or miter the joints if desired.
Wrap each loop of the lock around one of the knobs or handles then press the two loops together to zip them up and lock the door.
This is one of those things that when it breaks turns out to actually be a blessing in disguise.
This is an easy and cheap way to lock folding doors cheaply.
A lock across the middle hinge sounds like it would rip out in seconds.
Cut enough 3 4 by 1 1 2 inch fir using a miter saw to build a rectangular frame to the measurement for each panel.
At this point the doors should look like how they are going to look when they are closed.
A normal latch on the door frame probably wouldn t hold.