Hackers Help: Hinges on PAX Sliding Doors?

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Materials: Pax Sliding Door Wardrobe Frame and Doors

Hi all!
I have a space that will fit half a PAX sliding door wardrobe. Every 59 inch wide PAX sliding door wardrobe come with 2 29 inch boxes that combined make a 59 inch one. This setup holds the 2 sliding doors.

According to my space, I want to take just one of those 29 inch boxes and use just one of the two sliding doors. This would require making the doors hinged.

Is this in any way possible?
If so, is it only possible on the particle board doors or can it somehow be managed with the glass options (SEKKEN/AULI) as well?

Any help is ever so greatly appreciated!!!

Jules Yap
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  1. Did u ever figure this out? We’re planning on getting 3 total PAX wardrobes. 2 of them will be side by side, and have the Hokksund sliding doors, with fiber glass in panels. Since the hinged doors IKEA sells for a single 39” PAX wardrobe don’t match the sliding doors, we want to turn one match sliding door into 2 smaller hinged doors.

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  2. I haven’t worked with Pax, but I wonder whether it would be easier to convert hinged doors to sliding. Although I suppose by the time you’ve trimmed them down (to avoid a 9″ overlap) you might as well just trim them down and keep them hinged. (You’d need to pick your design carefully, of course, to be one that won’t look rubbish with a few inches taken off the side.)

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  3. maybe a piano hinge they come in many lengths and widths and can support moderate loads easily as for the particle board use bolts, nuts and washers as needed at the top, middle and bottom to help distribute the strain. No idea about the glass panels but try substituting Plexiglas for glass. looks the same weight is less and it’s easier to work with because you can drill and cut it with simple hand tools.

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  4. Hey guys,

    We were able to make this hack work. Put a quick video together to walk you through the what we did. Hope it helps! Above all please stay safe, these doors are heavy and we never want anyone to get hurt.

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  5. I don’t think it would be possible with the existing door. It’s designed to have support along the entire top and bottom. At a bare minimum you would need an almost continuous hinge from the top to bottom which is probably cost prohibitive.

    Good luck!

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  6. It will definitely not be possible with the sliding glass doors as the frame will not be able to support the weight of the panels when fixed on the side as opposed to the vertical load when its on the rail. It might work with the particle board doors, but there will be a considerable strain on the wardrobe when open as the doors are wider than the standard hinged doors.

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