These Reliabilt brand mirrored sliding closet doors (part # 201655) come with the top rail and bottle rail (roller guide) as well along with fasteners. Aside from the tools needed to saw the top guide rail and the roller guide, it comes with all the hardware that you need for this simple installation. You may want to remember to bring along some rope if you are hauling it via truck so that you can tie it down and keep it from sliding around. These doors were super simple to install and can be installed very quickly. They look sharp as well.
Tools I used: Cordless drill, drill bit, phillips screw head bit and hack saw. I also used an electric hand held angle grinder with a cutting wheel on it.
Step 1: Before going to hardware store or ordering, measure your dimensions (height and width in inches)
Step 2: Take dimensions with you to the store when picking out doors. Make sure your door dimensions are less than or slightly smaller than the dimensions of the doors you will be purchasing. Too large typically won’t work unless you can make modifications to the framing around the closet which isn’t preferable.
Step 3: Once you’ve purchased your doors and have hauled it home. Carefully unbox the doors and set out all your parts. You should have two sliding closet doors, one top track to facilitate the sliding of both doors, the bottom roller track, fastening screws and the rubber bumper stick ons.
Step 4: Measure, mark and cut your top track with a hack saw. To keep the metal top track from distorting you can use a 2X4 to stick in the track to keep it from folding on itself. I started the cut with a hacksaw but ended up just using an angle grinder with a cutting wheel on it. Be sure to use safety glasses, gloves and hearing protection if you are going to be using this method.
Step 5: Install top track with the provided 1.5” fastening screws. There should be 8 (eight) of them.
Step 6: Measure and cut bottom track. Drill holes and screw it down with fastening screws.
Step 7: Using a cordless drill or manual phillips screwdriver, drive out the wheels as much as necessary by tightening the phillips head screw at the top of each wheel.
Step 8: Install the doors. I installed the back one first by stiding the top into the track and then setting the wheels in the roller guide track. Do the same with the other door.
Step 9: (Final Step): Install the rubber stick ons for use as bumpers onto the ends of the doors so that if they are slammed they are less likely to break. The kit only comes with four which is only enough for one side of each door. I wanted to install them on both sides and I had some laying around from a prior project so I put them on both ends of the doors. This way they may be opened up either way with no increased risk of fracturing the large mirrored doors.
They make these all-inclusive kits so that they can be easily installed quickly. The parts are lightweight and can easily be done by just one person. The mirrored doors are nice as they can make a smaller size bedroom appear larger. If you are looking for an upgrade this is a nice way to go as well as being relatively cheap to many other closet door options. This same installation method can be used for non-mirrored sliding closet doors. My width for this closet door was 59.5” and the door kit said 60”. This was just fine as the doors overlap a little, which is what I wanted to that worked out perfect. The height was approx. 81” so this worked as well due to the wheels having adjustable height screws in which to lower or lift the sliding closet doors into the groove of the upper guide for a nice secure fit.
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