The sliding wardrobe is a modern kind of furniture. It is used in both large and small rooms, as it does not take up much space. If you need to disassemble the cabinet to move it to another place, then the biggest difficulty will be precisely the removal of the doors, since they have an unusual design. This article will address the question of how to remove sliding doors from a wardrobe.
Dignity
Doors have a complex design just to create the owner maximum comfort in the house. There are several advantages of using such an interior element:
- Compact. Due to the fact that the doors do not swing open to the outside, you can open them and not occupy the space of the room. This advantage is especially true for small spaces.
- Large capacity. In such a cabinet, you can install both shelves and hangers, which will fit a lot of things.
- Versatility. This piece of furniture will fit into almost any interior of the room. Due to the fact that there are many shapes and colors of cabinets, you can choose the one that will be in harmony with other furniture.
- Mirror doors. In addition to the fact that you can show off in them all day, the mirror also creates additional visual space in the room.
Cabinet door mechanism
To understand how to remove doors from a wardrobe, you must first familiarize yourself with the principle of their operation. There is a guide part in the upper area. A frame is fixed in it, along which the wheels move along with the door itself. The bottom area is similar.
Cabinet doors move in such a way that when one part is opened, the other closes and vice versa. It should be noted that the movement is provided only in one plane - horizontal. Therefore, when removing, you need to be very prudent and careful not to damage the elements.
Reasons for removing doors
The reasons may be different:
- Faulty door mechanism, causing the door to spontaneously open or move freely.
- Replacing the picture with a new one suitable for wallpaper. It often happens that the owner purchases a wardrobe and only during installation discovers that the design of the doors does not match the interior of the room. You need to pay attention to this when buying, or look at the photo of the wardrobe doors with inserts or drawings.
- Brokenglass. As already mentioned, the closet doors are made of a mirror, so you need to be extremely careful with them.
- Move the cabinet. The most common reason is a change in the location of the furniture. And this requires its complete disassembly into its component parts.
Withdrawal process
To understand how to remove the doors from the closet, you first need to inspect the structure from above and below, in order to roughly understand what is where and what will have to be unscrewed.
Removing one door is quite simple: from the bottom you need to grab the wheel and gently lift it. They are so arranged that if you need to remove the door, they easily rise. Then, keeping the first wheel up, you need to do a similar procedure with the second. The door must be pulled by the lower part towards you in order to move the wheels away from the frame. Then you just need to detach the door from the top mount.
It is recommended to do this work with an assistant, as it is not very convenient to hold the lower part with both hands and remove the door completely. In addition, there is a risk of product damage or injury. Also, in no case should you apply force during the disassembly process, since the doors are quite fragile and you can easily damage them.
There are also wardrobes with beveled doors. The same principle applies here: you need to lift the bottom, and then remove the top.
Removing hinged doors
How to remove the doors from the wardrobe without wheels? This construction differs from the usual one only in that here instead ofwheels are used rails for movement. This mechanism is somewhat inconvenient to use, as the doors are unstable and often stagger.
The withdrawal process is similar. First you need to unscrew the bolts on the door itself, which secure the structure to the rails. Then you need to lift the door, take it towards you and disconnect it from the top by pulling it down. It is also recommended to have a partner to make the process easier.
Useful tips and nuances
Worth noting:
- If the doors have a mechanism designed to close them smoothly, then it is advisable to remove it to facilitate the removal procedure.
- Locks that ensure a tight fit of the door to the wall when closing should also be removed.
- To insert the door back, you must first correlate the upper wheels with the upper frame, and then, pressing them down, insert the lower ones. Only in this sequence can the assembly be carried out correctly.
- Some types of cabinets may have wheel locks preventing them from being detached from the frame. In this case, you should find the flag that is responsible for blocking and turn it 90 degrees to remove the wheel.
- How to remove the doors from the closet, if there is a frame consisting of frames? In this case, the side wings limit the door. They just need to be unscrewed from the wall and removed. Now the door rolls out through the side and is completely removed from the cabinet.
- If you need to completely disassemble the cabinet and move it to another place,then first you need to remove the doors, then unscrew those elements that may interfere with disassembly (closers, locks, sashes, and so on). Now you need to disassemble the frame itself. When assembling, follow the steps in the reverse order: assemble the base, put additional elements and insert the doors. Only after all these procedures, you can put shelves and other elements that are not related to the main structure of the cabinet.
Thus, removing the doors does not take much time, and also does not require professional help.
