Closet Doors for Rental Units — Bifold and Bypass Sets in Bulk
Closet doors are the first thing tenants break and the first thing a prospect notices missing. We put a working set on every closet, in the size the building uses, and send the photos.
JMB Builders installs closet doors for rental units across the Twin Cities metro: bifold and bypass sets, one closet on a turnover or every closet in a building. We keep the common sizes and track hardware on hand, hang each set so it tracks and closes, and invoice per unit with a photo of every closet. Priced per opening, with the rate dropping when we do several closets on one visit.
- Priced per opening, invoiced per unit
- Common bifold and bypass sizes in stock
- New track, pivots and guides on every set
- Photo of every finished closet
- Licensed MN contractor BC809005
Walk through a building on turnover day and count the closets with no doors, one door, or a bifold hanging from one pivot. Tenants take them off because they bind, then the doors go in the garage or the dumpster. JMB Builders replaces closet doors for landlords and property managers across the Twin Cities metro in sets, so a whole unit or a whole building ends up with the same door on every closet, tracked and adjusted so they stay on.
The reason bifolds fail is almost never the door. It is the track screwed into drywall, the pivot bracket that walked, or a top pivot set so tight the door has to be forced. We install every set with the track screwed into the header framing, the pivots set so the door swings free, and the guides adjusted so the doors meet in the middle. Then it survives the next tenant.
What you supply
- Unit numbers and a count of closet openings, with the width of each opening or a photo with a tape in it
- The door style you want across the building: hollow core flush, six-panel or louvered bifold, or bypass; or we match what is there
- Whether you want the closet trim, shelf and rod checked at the same time (we can do those as a line)
What JMB supplies
- Bifold and bypass door sets in the common opening widths, stocked so a turnover is not waiting on an order
- New track fastened into the header framing, not just the drywall, with pivots, guides and aligners
- Doors cut to height when the carpet or flooring changed the opening
- Bypass doors with new rollers, bottom guide and bumpers so they do not rattle or jump the track
- Casing repair around the opening where the old track or pivots tore it out
- Removal and haul-away of the old doors and hardware
- One invoice per unit and a photo of each finished closet in your job folder
How it is priced: per opening
Quoted in writing from your photos within one business day. What moves the number:
- Bifold vs. bypass, and a two-door set vs. a four-door set on a wide closet
- Standard widths we keep on hand vs. odd widths that have to be ordered or cut down
- Number of closets per unit and units per visit — the rate is lowest on a building-wide swap
- Track and pivot condition: reusing sound hardware vs. new track and pivots on every set
- Casing or drywall repair at the opening from the old hardware tearing out
- Whether you supply the doors from your own vendor or we do
- Painting the new doors as a separate line, or primed and left for your painter
Send a closet count by unit, one photo of a typical closet opening with a tape across it, and the style you want. We quote a per-opening rate for the building.
How long it takes
One closet: about an hour. All the closets in a typical unit: a couple of hours. Building-wide: several units a day, scheduled around your turnovers.
How your project works
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Send photos, get a written quote
Send three photos of the space and a sentence about what you want. You get a clear, itemized quote within one business day. We only come out to measure first when the job needs a tape measure — no pressure, no games.
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Pick materials, or bring your own
We help you choose profiles and materials that fit the house and the budget, or match your existing millwork exactly — or you buy the door or trim yourself and we install it. Everything is confirmed before the crew is scheduled.
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Clean, precise installation
The crew shows up on time, protects floors and furniture, and installs with tight joints and consistent reveals. Photos of the finished work go in your job folder.
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Walkthrough and invoice
We walk the finished work with you. If anything is not right, we fix it before we call the job done. Then one invoice, paid by check or direct deposit — no card fees, no payment links.
Situations and options
Bifold sets
Two- or four-door bifolds in hollow core flush, six-panel or louvered, hung on new track and pivots. The standard closet door in most Twin Cities apartments and the fastest to replace.
Bypass sets
Two sliding doors on a double track for wide bedroom closets. New rollers, bottom guide and bumpers, doors adjusted so they overlap evenly and do not jump the track.
Building-wide standard
One door style and one hardware type across every closet we touch, so your maintenance tech carries one kind of pivot and one kind of roller. We set it with you on the first unit.
Closet package
Doors plus the shelf and rod, the casing and the bit of baseboard inside the closet, all on one per-unit line. Useful when the closets are the worst part of the turnover.
Closet Doors for Rental Units — Bifold and Bypass Sets in Bulk: questions, answered
Why do bifold doors in apartments keep falling off?
Three reasons, usually together: the track was screwed only into drywall so it sags, the bottom pivot bracket was never fastened to the floor so it walks, and the top pivot was set too tight so the door binds and the tenant forces it. We fasten the track into the header framing, screw the bottom bracket to the floor, and set the pivots so the door swings with one finger. Done that way a bifold outlasts several tenants.
Do you keep closet doors in stock?
We keep the common opening widths in stock in the styles most buildings use, so a turnover closet does not wait on a special order. Odd widths from older buildings we cut down from the next size up or order, and we tell you which one it is when we quote. If you buy doors from your own vendor, we install those instead.
Can you replace all the closet doors in a building at once?
Yes, and it is the cheapest way to do it per opening. We pick one door style and one hardware type with you on the first unit, then run the rest by your turnover schedule or unit by unit in occupied apartments. Each unit gets its own invoice and photos so the cost lands in the right ledger.
Bifold or bypass doors for a rental closet?
Bifold for most closets: it opens the whole closet, the parts are cheap, and it fits standard openings. Bypass for wide closets where a four-door bifold would be too many hinges to break; bypass doors have fewer moving parts and slide, but only half the closet is open at a time. We match what the building has unless you want to change it.
What if the closet opening is out of square or the carpet changed the height?
Both are common. New carpet or vinyl plank raises the floor and the old doors drag; we cut the new doors to height so they clear. An out-of-square opening gets the track shimmed level and the doors adjusted at the pivots so the gap is even down the sides. If the jamb or casing was torn out by the old hardware, we repair it on the same visit.
Do you paint the new closet doors?
The doors go in primed, or prefinished white when you want no painting at all. Painting is quoted as a separate line, or leave it primed and have your painter do it with the rest of the unit. On a turnover most managers take the prefinished option so the closet is done in one visit.
Get a written quote for this job
Three photos and a sentence is enough. You hear back within one business day. Or text the photos to 763-204-2099.
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