| If you are contemplating custom closets, then sliding | | | | resemble a series of vertical blinds. |
| doors are an important point for you to consider. | | | | Bypass closet doors are made up of only two panels. |
| Sliding doors are different from the conventional | | | | The panels of such sliding closet doors are placed in a |
| system of hinged doors. The prime advantage of | | | | track one along the other, with their flat surfaces |
| sliding closet doors is that they can save valuable | | | | sliding over one another. The panels slide over |
| floor space while opening or closing the doors. The | | | | adjacent metal tracks placed along the outer |
| inconvenience of shifting the furniture every time you | | | | framework of the closet. These panels save the |
| open or close a closet no longer exists if the sliding | | | | maximum floor utility space when compared to the |
| closet doors are incorporated in your custom closet | | | | other two panels. But, the panels of such custom |
| design. | | | | closet design have a certain drawback in not being |
| The sliding doors can be made with a variety of | | | | fully open even when open. Even when the doors |
| common materials like wood, plywood or glass. In | | | | are fully open the closet is only half open since both |
| some designs you can also have 'mirror' panels which | | | | panels slide to a side. Bypass panels are a feasible |
| will enhance the virtual space in the room. The sliding | | | | storage option in wider closet system designs, like |
| doors come in three custom closet designs. The multi | | | | the clothes wardrobe. |
| panel doors, the by-pass doors, and the bi-fold doors | | | | Bifold panels are a combination of multifold panels and |
| are the three types of sliding doors that are available. | | | | bypass panels. It is actually a multifold with two |
| To know what style will best fit your storage | | | | panels like a by-pass. This combination of the designs |
| requirements, a foreknowledge of the different | | | | enables the bifold closet doors to gather the best |
| features of the different varieties is necessary. Sliding | | | | features of the other two types of sliding closet |
| closet doors can add style and space to any room, | | | | doors. Although, a closet system design with bifold |
| wherever there is a closet. | | | | panels take up a little more opening space than the |
| Multifold doors are made of more than two similar | | | | other two types, yet the space used is much less |
| panels of the door material. The panels of such sliding | | | | than that of the hinged doors. |
| closet doors are inter-hinged to one another on their | | | | Sliding closet doors come with an additional |
| longest edges and function like an accordion with | | | | advantage. They are one of the easiest |
| louvers. When the last panel is pulled, all the other | | | | do-it-yourself home improvement idea. DIY kits with |
| panels pass over one another and get stacked in a | | | | pre assembled panels and the accessories are readily |
| corner, providing the most open space when fully | | | | available in any home improvement store. The DIY |
| opened. Multifold panels are best used when you are | | | | feature enables the sliding closet doors to be even |
| looking for smaller or medium sized custom closet | | | | more cost-effective because of the savings in the |
| option. The usual size range of the panels are from | | | | installation money. |
| 10 to 40 inches per panel. When closed they | | | | |