Closets and Home Organization - How to widen a closet door
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Pleinair22
11-22-08, 11:42 AM
I have an older home and my closet is the old standard with a single door.
Half of the interior of the closet is behind the wall.
I want to saw out the wall and remove the door so I can view all the closet.
How do I do this?
And what kind of tools would I need.
Half of the interior of the closet is behind the wall.
I want to saw out the wall and remove the door so I can view all the closet.
How do I do this?
And what kind of tools would I need.
bluelaser
11-23-08, 06:00 AM
Pleinair22 - I wish I had an answer for you, but as it is, I have the same question as you - I would like to do the very same thing, coincidentally. So here's hoping that you get some responses to your post!
marksr
11-23-08, 06:42 AM
Welcome to the forums!
Before you can start you need to determine what type of wall it is. Is it load bearing? what's directly above it?
If the wall is load bearing, you need to support the ceiling and what's above with a temporary stud wall. Then you can safely remove a portion of the wall, reframe, with appropriate size header a new wall to accomadate double doors. You can skip the temporary support if the wall isn't load bearing.
You also need to make sure there are no electrical or plumbing, etc. in the wall cavity that you wish to remove.
Old plaster walls will mean more work in the demo phase. Besides the normal carpentry tools, a saws all and a small sledge hammer will come in handy.
Before you can start you need to determine what type of wall it is. Is it load bearing? what's directly above it?
If the wall is load bearing, you need to support the ceiling and what's above with a temporary stud wall. Then you can safely remove a portion of the wall, reframe, with appropriate size header a new wall to accomadate double doors. You can skip the temporary support if the wall isn't load bearing.
You also need to make sure there are no electrical or plumbing, etc. in the wall cavity that you wish to remove.
Old plaster walls will mean more work in the demo phase. Besides the normal carpentry tools, a saws all and a small sledge hammer will come in handy.