The rule of thumb is to install interior doors to open into the room.
How to install swing out closet doors.
Our house was built in 1977 and has all floor to ceiling sliding closet doors.
See how to add value to your home by installing double doors on a closet with hinge mounted doors with a door frame.
If the knob is to the right select a right handed door.
Open the door and stand with your back to the hinges.
An example of this would be a closet space storage space to a half bath.
Bypass doors don t swing out into the room or into the closet.
Reuse the screws from the old sliding doors in the new installation.
If you re installing a pre hung door make sure you get the correct swing determined by the placement of the hinges and doorknob.
Doors attached to tight spaces will often swing out to keep someone from getting trapped inside.
Reuse the old doorknobs from the old sliding doors if possible relying on the wood block to hold the doors in place.
I wont to replace these closet doors with bi fold doors standard size to make it easier to get things in out of closet and to see what it in there better.
Bypass closet doors are usually two standard door blanks suspended from a track with two rails one in front of the other.
This video shows details of how to.
How to install a swinging door.
This approach prevents doors from becoming an obstruction in tight areas like hallways.
If the doorknob is on the left you need a left handed door.
The doors are slightly offset so they can overlap.
They can be made from almost any door blank so can easily match other interior doors.