Want to install bi-fold doors (4 panels toyal) on a closet 4 feet wide but only 59 inches high. Standard doors are all 80 inches. While I've taken off a few inches off the width in the past, I've never removed 20 inches from the height.

Does anybody make shorter doors? Do I have to make my own? Rental unit so style not that important.
Ivan Vegvary
(Cross posted to rec.woodworking)

On Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:51:45 PM UTC-7, Ivan Vegvary wrote:
Want to install bi-fold doors (4 panels toyal) on a closet 4 feet wide but only 59 inches high. Standard doors are all 80 inches. While I've taken off a few inches off the width in the past, I've never removed 20 inches from the height.
Does anybody make shorter doors? Do I have to make my own? Rental unit so style not that important.
Ivan Vegvary


Dunno if anyone makes them but you can cut a standard set down. Cut off bottom or top to length, remove the veneer from the core portion and insert the plug into the cut down doors. Or, if you can find wood the right thickness, make a new plug for the void. BTDT

Harry K.

On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:51:45 -0700 (PDT), Ivan Vegvary
wrote:

Want to install bi-fold doors (4 panels toyal) on a closet 4 feet wide but only 59 inches high. Standard doors are all 80 inches. While I've taken off a few inches off the width in the past, I've never removed 20 inches from the height.

Does anybody make shorter doors? Do I have to make my own? Rental unit so style not that important.
Ivan Vegvary
(Cross posted to rec.woodworking)

Is there a shop near you that makes custom doors? Call around or visit
the show room.
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Definition of a camel: A horse designed by a committee

On 3/16/2014 11:51 PM, Ivan Vegvary wrote:
Want to install bi-fold doors (4 panels toyal) on a closet 4 feet wide but only 59 inches high. Standard doors are all 80 inches. While I've taken off a few inches off the width in the past, I've never removed 20 inches from the height.

Does anybody make shorter doors? Do I have to make my own? Rental unit so style not that important.
Ivan Vegvary
(Cross posted to rec.woodworking)


Window shutters should work. Might even find a seller who adds track
mechanism for ya'.

On Sunday, March 16, 2014 10:51:45 PM UTC-5, Ivan Vegvary wrote:
Want to install bi-fold doors (4 panels toyal) on a closet 4 feet wide but only 59 inches high. Standard doors are all 80 inches. While I've taken off a few inches off the width in the past, I've never removed 20 inches from the height. Does anybody make shorter doors? Do I have to make my own? Rental unit so style not that important. Ivan Vegvary (Cross posted to rec.woodworking)

Don't cut off the top, you need the strength built into the door to hang it. Cut off from the bottom, and then fill in to get a solid bottom.