The width of the louvre door fits fine - it is the height where there is an issue. The height of the door is 79 3/4 inches - this is a standard height. The height of the closet opening is 86 inches which mean that I am going to have to frame in at least 4 inches at the top to finish off the opening.

What would be the best approach? I have a number of ideas but would like input on this.

I love this kind of small construction and find it an interesting challenge and look forward to any suggestions.:)

Signed: Under construction and loving it!

Inless you are remodeling and replacing the drywall I think this won't look to great. Can you tell us if this room is striped to the studs or are you just mounting a new door?

This is not new construction - I was not planning to remove the drywall and rebuilding. What I wanted to do was add on to the existing structure which is a drywalled section that drops from the ceiling about 16 inches. The actual door area is 34 inches by 86 inches the size of the door is 33.5 inches x 79 3/4 inches. Unfortunately these louvre doors only come in that standard size of 79 3/4.

I need to increase that drop from the ceiling another 5 inches to fill in the gap between the top of the door and the existing drop of 16 inches.

So you are suggesting that I take it down to studs and redo the whole area rather than build on what currently exists. That sounds like an interesting challenge. Any advice on how to approach the challenge.

Cheers!

Since you are redoing the drywall this won't be all that hard. Add studs across the top of your existing header lowering it to nearly 80". Measure so you will have room to add the door casing boards and be able to shim them plumb. Hang your door and then hang the drywall and trim.