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Similarly, what can you replace louvered doors with?
Bifold doors, curtains or sliding doors can be alternatives and can be matched to complement your style. A fresh coat of paint can spruce up a functioning set of louvered or shuttered closet doors but take care not to allow any drips on the track and watch for drips between slats.
- Examine the doors to determine how the louver slats are attached.
- Use a jigsaw to cut away slats attached with wooden louver pins or dowels, or lightweight metal pins or dowels.
- Remove the hinge hardware for the door with a screwdriver.
- Sand the edges smooth where you removed the dowels.
In respect to this, how do you take down a louvered door?
Instructions
- Fold the door so that the two panels are together.
- Lift the door, with the panels folded, about ¾ of an inch so that it comes out of the bottom track.
- Angle the door out of the bottom track.
- Remove the screws of the top and bottom tracks to remove remaining hardware.
- Repeat with second door if applicable.
Louver doors – Louver doors are passage doors that have angled slats instead of panels. Louvers are great where sound privacy is not considered necessary but ventilation is. Examples of good places for louver doors are closets, utility rooms and laundry rooms.