DIY Sliding Wardrobe / Closet Door Build & Installation (Bunnings Cowdroy Door Track)

Our 2nd bedroom/study wardrobe (or closet for my North American friends) has HUGE hinged doors which while nice, take up half the room to open and needed renovation. So I decided to replace them with a DIY sliding door system from Bunnings. I made the hollow core MDF doors from scratch with Kreg pocket hole joinery, bought a Cowdroy track rail from Bunnings for them to run on, and installed a custom pelmet trim piece to cap it off.

This was a big project that took a few weeks on and off to complete but saved us heaps compared to a professional installation.

This is the track system I used (Note: Australian Big Box Store)

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00:00 Intro
01:45 Door Frames Construction
05:06 Door MDF Skins
08:56 Painting & Moving the New Doors
10:49 Removing the Old Hinged Doors
13:20 Installing the Top Rail & Hanging the Doors
16:15 Lower Guide & Hardware Installation
17:46 Pelmet, Trim & Completion

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Cheers, James

[sarahbretherton]

Awesome build. Love the improvised gap filler, carpark cutting and paint tin weights! I have limited resources; time, money, space, vehicle size - so this was actually really useful and inspiring.

[HadiBalhareth]

It’s exactly what I was looking for .. thanks for sharing your wonderful experience

[giseliapereira]

I know all about saving money and working with what you have. Good for you.

[OneManBandWoodworks]

Welcome to the slomo replay club mate, that was an awesome stack!

[sumosprojects]

I could watch your videos for hours because it’s really engrossing & fluent. Those sliders make the whole process worthwhile mate & your bog is the bees knees lol, great thinking on how to find a solution to the wee problems one encounters.
I noticed your sketch picture of your wife & you, we also had one done from an artist in Beechworth & would be funny if it we’re the same fella lol.
Well done mate 🍻🍻🍻🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍👍

[Dolleemixtures]

These look amazing. I don't think this is something I could do myself though... least of all because of the tools. Honestly the glue and wood dust tip alone was worth watching this video for!! Amazing work!

[BuiltByChris]

Mate, a job you can be well proud of. As I was watching the video of you falling over, I spat beer all over my monitor. Never laughed so hard. Good to see I'm not the only klutz in the workshop. Only difference is that you left yours in while I edit mine out. Top job as usual, James.

[beesa]

Great job and very informative. looks great for a DIY!

[SMee]

Ahh I see where that beer came from... 😉
They are some seriously large doors.
Great reno build mate, and solved a big problem of space.👍🏽

[robjkrt]

Just what I needed to watch. Thanks, mate.

[giseliapereira]

Good job! I searched for DIY sliding doors and found your video. One thing that looks off is the handles are not aligned. I realize it’s done on purpose so they don’t hit, but it looks bad. Maybe changing out the handles for something a bit more flush is the way to go.

[bestyapper]

Thank you for vid. I'm so lucky to have found this video as I'm about to install similar sliding doors. I had a drawing on my sketchup with MDF 18mm thick but now i'm gonna try the same thing with 6mm in front and 3 on the back like you suggested.

[EquilibriaHealth]

Thanks for this. I was just pondering about doing something like this. Neat. PS. Yes. Always blood concrete. 😂

[pajaro]

The bottom slide stays can be separated or opened a little to widen the gap at the floor which will maybe stop the doors from touching, you only need move and reposition the front one out a fraction. But great job on the doors from a retired wardrobe installer.

[SmallFryCreations]

Great job James! They look great! Bunnings coming in for the win again 😃

[utubewillyman]

Well done. I think I will copy your method. I don't think I'll do the diagonal members of the frame though, because the cuts are complex and I think the MDF skin is more than enough to keep the frame from racking.

[alexandrastevens]

If you make me laugh everytime you make a video then I'm in and subscribed.
Stop making me 😃 😀 I might leave

[noneofyourbizmthfr]

Wonderful! I like when you show enthusiasm when everything fitted in! It gives me hope to start my own project. I‘ll buy the doors, though, and stick mirrors on them. Let’s see how THAT goes... 🥴

[BM]

James, I cringed in sympathy when you took a dive on that rubber mat.
Being slightly (lots) older and no longer in possession of my own God given hips, I would be more than likely down for the count and less than pleased with my predicament.😮 Love your enthusiasm and initiatives.