Prep For Barn Door Installation

Learn how to install a barn door and what tools wil.

Prep for barn door installation.

Use a level to make sure the lines are parallel to the wall. Barn doors step 1. 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. With this step by step guide you ll have stylish functional barn doors hanging in your house in no time.

Mark the stud locations hold the. In every doorway there s a piece of trim running in the middle that keeps the door from. Mark guide and screw location on the floor. There s a peg in the top.

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. Then place the floor guides facing each other with a 1mm clearance on each of the marks made. Barn doors hang from a track outside the room covering the doorway but leaving gaps at the sides between wall and door.

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. Removing the doors door hardware. First mark the thickness of the door on the floor about 1cm from the door opening on the side where the door will slide.

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. There originally was a pocket door on the left side of the. If possible extend your header or blocking past this distance by 6 inches or so just to be safe schiltz says. 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.

Measure and cut two lengths of mounting board for each barn door. For single doors start about. Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy. How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1.

Make sure the track is level with the gap at the bottom and trim clearance in mind. Remove the inner trim. 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. I ve never installed one of these interior sliding doors or as some people call them barn doors.

Locate the studs use the stud finder to locate and mark the studs above the door.