Bi Fold Doors Won T Close Flat

The sagging doors will not close correctly and sit loose in the door opening.

Bi fold doors won t close flat.

Removing a bifold door doesn t always go as smoothly as photo 2 shows. The doors are similar to closet bifold doors but without the spring track at the head and thus the doors will swing away into the room or fold against each other leaving the opening completely. Turn the bottom pivot height adjustment to lower it if possible. Sometimes the top pivot doesn t compress enough to free the bottom pivot.

How to make bifold doors close tightly. To understand how to properly fix a bifold door that won t close one should learn first its working parts. Bifold doors contain two separate door panels that are connected with hinges forming one bifold door. The peg adjusts by being screwed up and down.

After years of use bifold doors will move out of alignment and begin to sag. Or make them into french doors use straps to make each bifold into 1 door take out track in the middle so doors will open up like french doors you can use a magnent at top middle to make them close in the middle. The easiest way to measure a bifold door for cutting is with the door slightly opened. Whether your bifold doors contain two panels or four panels adjust the doors similarly if they continually pop back open after you close them.

On top of the bifold door is a pivot loaded with spring and a wheel which slides in. A half inch of clearance is adequate photo 1.