This Old House Barn Door Installation

Double barn doors require open wall space on both sides of the doorway.

This old house barn door installation.

In this diy smarts project ask this old house carpenter nathan gilbert travels to birmingham alabama to install a sliding barn door in an open concept loft apartment. Add the lower stiles and rail leaving a 1 inch channel for the floor guide that. Fortunately it may be possible to relocate these fixtures. Add filler strips use a miter saw to cut the 15 filler strips according to the cut list.

Attach the mounting hardware to. Keep in mind that light switches electrical outlets and heating and cooling registers on the walls next to the opening could be in the way. How to hang a sliding barn door. Nathan installed the z bar knotty alder wood interior sliding barn door slab with hardware kit that can be found at the home depot.

Barn door installation sliding barn doors are great for giving your home a rustic look while saving interior space similar to a pocket door. Learn how to install a barn door and what tools wil. Add adhesive and set the top rail flush along the top of the boards. He included the hardware to add even more character.

The barn door should be wide enough to completely cover the doorway with an inch or two of overhang on both sides and about one inch at the top. Replaced old swinging doors to the pantry with a set of sliding barn doors. The kit comes with all the materials required to assemble and hang the door though nathan choose to add additional 3 4 stock in this application because the wall was not plumb and the door would have hit the baseboard otherwise. Keep a level on the board and loosely screw.

With this step by step guide you ll have stylish functional barn doors hanging in your house in no time. A 1940s house makes a fresh start. Attach the mounting board over the opening with 4 inch structural screws. Bottom tracks aren t necessary but we recommend adding one to reduce swinging.

Tour the entire home. Interior barn doors are hung from a track mounted on the wall above a door opening. The door in the kit comes untreated so start by applying a desired stain finish to the door with a rag.