Place a strip of masking tape on the door with the bottom edge of the tape marking the 40 inches.
How to put a handle on a sliding closet door.
To install sliding closet doors start by screwing the top track into position at the top of your door with the track facing down.
2 measure in 1 1 2 inches along the bottom.
Install the corresponding piece of the sliding bold lock to the frame just above the first piece of the lock.
Install a second sliding bolt lock on the other door.
Measure the handle at the attachment points that is the two screws that attach it to the door.
Additionally keep in mind the size of the door that the door pull will be handling.
The doors need a pair of door pulls to use as door handles.
Once both tracks are in place hold up the first door tilt it back a little and hook the wheels over the back runner on.
Sliding bypass doors hang from rollers that glide on a track hidden inside the top jamb of the door frame.
If you select doors with precut door handle holes choose the larger metal disks available for this purpose to fill the holes.
This short video will instruct you how to install a sliding closet door finger pull.
Bifold doors consist of two pairs of hinged panels that pivot on a pair of pins.
A plastic guide attached to the floor typically keeps the door in place.
Measure 40 inches up from the bottom edge of the door.
Screw the penetrating side of a sliding bolt lock onto the front of the door near the top.
Before painting doors remove the handle this video will show you how to put the handle back on.
This measurement will determine up front the styles to choose from.