Prep For Barn Door Installation

Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy.

Prep for barn door installation.

Prime and paint the backer board there should be one inch of space between the barn door and the wall frame. There originally was a pocket door on the left side of the. How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1. Removing the doors door hardware.

Attach the hanger rollers and hang the door attach hanger rollers to the door according to the manufacturer s instructions using the supplied carriage bolts washers and nuts. The boards should be as long as the doors and about 1 inch or 4 cm wider than the track. 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. For example a 4 foot door will cover a 3 foot opening with 6 inches on either side reducing the gaps.

Bottom tracks aren t necessary but we recommend adding one to reduce swinging. Then place the floor guides facing each other with a 1mm clearance on each of the marks made. Measure and cut two lengths of mounting board for each barn door. Sliding barn doors are great for giving your home a rustic look while saving interior space similar to a pocket door.

Locate the studs use the stud finder to locate and mark the studs above the door. First mark the thickness of the door on the floor about 1cm from the door opening on the side where the door will slide. For complete coverage and to minimize the gaps make sure the door is at least several inches wider than the opening. Mark guide and screw location on the floor.

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. 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. Barn doors hang from a track outside the room covering the doorway but leaving gaps at the sides between wall and door. Interior barn doors are hung from a track mounted on the wall above a door opening.

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. Barn doors step 1. Mark the stud locations hold the.

There s a peg in the top. For single doors start about. I ve never installed one of these interior sliding doors or as some people call them barn doors. In every doorway there s a piece of trim running in the middle that keeps the door from.

If possible extend your header or blocking past this distance by 6 inches or so just to be safe schiltz says.