How To Build A Glass Insert Closet Door

Door glass inserts are the quickest and least expensive way to completely transform the look of your entryway.

How to build a glass insert closet door.

The vertical pieces should go the full length of the opening and the horizontal pieces will sit inside. The finished dimensions for each door needed to be 78 height and 17 width. Doors should generally be around 1 8 to 3 16 smaller than the frame. Add glass to a wood door.

You can make a jig to hold the door in place to ensure exact cuts. Using your circular saw or router cut your panel being careful not to go too far into the corners. We offer a wide selection of interior door lite kits that include clear tempered glass for interior and exterior doors. If you also need to build or install a frame you will need to take the width of the frame into consideration and because shimming a door frame can add some thickness it is best to wait until after the door frame is installed before building the door or build them.

The first step in making a door is taking measurements. Here are our old glass panels tucked. Finish this with the hand saw to get clean corners. Please subscribe to my channel.

Measure to determine the exterior dimensions of the cabinet doors. Since my frame is 1 1 2 wide i marked the center 3 4 and then 1 8 on each side since glass inserts are usually 3 8 to 1 4 thick. Build your own door with glass pane. If you cannot find the size you need reach out to our.

If you don t already have some glass to repurpose head to your local habitat restore and you can find old patio doors for fairly cheap. Turn bifold doors. A few years ago we replaced our french patio doors and being the crafter i am i saved the glass to be used later. This week i made a glass cabinet doors for my miter saw station.

Well this is later and i decided to use the glass to make sliding barn doors for the master closet. Shop diy door store for a wide selection of door glass inserts and frames from top brands including taylor perma door masonite castlegate jeld wen and more. How to make the diy glass cabinet doors. Doing this before hand eliminates the need for any taping to keep your glass and door clean from stain or paint.

Make sure to allow space for the hinges and some room between the doors if they are stacked on top of each other. I would make a total of 4 doors to go in my closet opening how to customize your own okay here s how i did it. I cut and carefully glued and tacked the tiny trim on the line on one side only. Here s what i came up with.