Prep For Barn Door Installation

Sliding barn doors are great for giving your home a rustic look while saving interior space similar to a pocket door.

Prep for barn door installation.

In every doorway there s a piece of trim running in the middle that keeps the door from. Mark the stud locations hold the. If possible extend your header or blocking past this distance by 6 inches or so just to be safe schiltz says. Bottom tracks aren t necessary but we recommend adding one to reduce swinging.

Removing the doors door hardware. Barn doors hang from a track outside the room covering the doorway but leaving gaps at the sides between wall and door. Prime and paint the backer board there should be one inch of space between the barn door and the wall frame. Attach the mounting boards to the top and bottom of the doorway using drywall anchors and ensure that the mounting boards run straight along the doorway.

Remove the inner trim. Locate the studs use the stud finder to locate and mark the studs above the door. For complete coverage and to minimize the gaps make sure the door is at least several inches wider than the opening. I ve never installed one of these interior sliding doors or as some people call them barn doors.

The track will be at least the width of the barn door times two for a single door so your header or blocking must cover the entire distance. Measure and cut two lengths of mounting board for each barn door. Use a socket wrench to tighten with another person or two attach the bottom roller guide and rollers and hang the door on the track. Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy.

Make sure the track is level with the gap at the bottom and trim clearance in mind. Use a level to make sure the lines are parallel to the wall. Then place the floor guides facing each other with a 1mm clearance on each of the marks made. For single doors start about.

There s a peg in the top. Learn how to install a barn door and what tools wil. For example a 4 foot door will cover a 3 foot opening with 6 inches on either side reducing the gaps. The boards should be as long as the doors and about 1 inch or 4 cm wider than the track.

Interior barn doors are hung from a track mounted on the wall above a door opening. Mark guide and screw location on the floor. With this step by step guide you ll have stylish functional barn doors hanging in your house in no time. There originally was a pocket door on the left side of the.

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