![]() Stand the door up on end and fold it in half at the hinge, pick the door up slightly and set the bottom pin down onto the floor bracket. Now that the pins are in and the top track and bottom bracket are installed it is time to install the door in the opening. You may need to tap these with a hammer lightly to fit them into the door holes. Look at the bottom of the door and insert it in the hole which is going to be on the same side of the door that the door will fold to when opening. The bottom pin is treaded into a plastic sleeve. There are two top pins and they are spring loaded, place one in each hole you find in the top edge of the door. Now lay your door down on the floor and insert the pivot pins. Now take the "L" shaped metal bracket and center it on the mark you put near the floor and place 2 screws (flat head) through it into the wall and 1 into the floor if possible. The metal track is usually a little sorter than the width of the opening so center it in the width of the opening. Remove the hardware that came with the door from it's packaging and insert the plastic top slide into the metal track then hold that track centered on the line you marked on the top of the door opening (the metal bracket goes on the end where the door folds to when opening it up). On this side at the floor mark a small line in 2" from the front edge of the opening. Then decide which side of the opening the door will fold open to. First along the top edge of the door opening mark a straight line from one side to the other measured in at 2" from the front edge. So now that you have your doors ready to hang it is vey simple. If you must cut to much off that, these hole become weak, then remove the weak piece and glue in a replacement piece of wood and drill new holes to match. If you need to cut the height off the doors be careful not to cut too much off as there are holes predrilled in the top and bottom that door hardware fits into and you need this to remain structurally sound in order for the door to operate and last a few years. ![]() Divide it in two and take even amounts off each outside edge. TIP: Once you figure out how much you need to trim off the width, do not cut it all off of one edge. If you must cut the width of your doors down to fit, I do not recommend cutting more than 1/4" off of each outer end, as this makes the door operate poorly. TIP: If the opening you want to use is a little larger than needed, you can sometimes add a trim piece of wood around the outer inside edge of the opening to hide the fact that the door does not actually reach the outer edges of the opening.
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