How To Build And Hang A Barn Door
Learn how to install a barn door and what tools wil.
How to build and hang a barn door. For single doors start about three or four inches up on the hinge side of the door opening and continue for the length of the backer board. Decide if you ll use a header or the studs in the wall to anchor the barn door rail. A barn door in 30 minutes. Measure to the point where you ll plan to put the stop for your barn door.
Use the stud finder to locate and mark the studs above the door. Cut list for installing a sliding door. Install track and hang the door using your level check that the track and your mounting board are level and mark where each hole will be drilled. Of course once you have it constructed you will need to fill the holes sand and paint it and hang it.
With help lift the barn wood door and roll it onto the track. To hang it you can follow the instructions found in the barn door hardware kit you choose. If you re installing a barn door on an existing framed door you have a few choices for installing a barn door rail. Drill your holes to attach track to the wall.
It only required a total of 8 cuts. Hang the door step 11 13 before you begin measure the width of the door from the outside edges of the casing then order a hardware kit with a track twice that width. Install a header above the current door trim. Measure the width of your doorway the amount of space you want from the doorway and out where the barn doors will hang.
With this step by step guide you ll have stylish functional barn doors hanging in your house in no time. The barn door will hang a 1 2 to 1 off the floor and extend above the top of the door opening. For double doors locate the studs on both sides of the door opening.