For door you will need.
Header board for barn door.
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.
What i need to know is if the window is surrounded by 3 4 trim and the shutters are 1 and 3 4 thick can i mount the hardware to the wall with enough space to run the shutters back and forth over the window opening or do i absolutely have to.
It is advised not to install the track directly into the drywall so we first needed to install a header board above our door opening.
I am mounting shutters using the same hardware used for barn door sliders.
7 1x6x8 pine boards.
A 2 x 6 cut twice as long as your track should do the trick.
It should be tall enough so that when it s hung on the track there is about 1 2 inch of space between the bottom of the door and the floor.
To secure the track to the wall and add support for the heavy barn door cut a 1 x 4 mounting board the same length as but a little wider than the track.
Barn doors can be heavy and difficult to maneuver alone.
The hardware kit does not come with the supplies you will need to install a header board so you will have to get the piece of wood and interior screws separately.
Let s get into this.
That s what this 36 door will be replacing.
Work with a helper when lifting heavy pieces or standing on a step ladder during this diy.
Barn doors can be heavy up to 200 pounds or more so for sturdiness most people mount the track to a header attached to the wall studs above the doorway.
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Then we cut our 1 6 header board to length for us the length was the width of the wall.
Use the drywall anchors spacers and lag bolts to secure the mounting board.
First we used our laser level and marked 2 above the door opening.
1 1x6x4 pine boards.
Mounting over a bay window.
Prior to building and installing our barn door we took out the door and frame of our existing 32 pre hung door.
We marked the studs with our stud finder and marked the angle distance of the header board.
Mount the header board with three 8 trim screws in each stud location.
3 1x8x6 pine boards.
In this project the mounting board was painted black and the edges rounded slightly for a more finished appearance.
I have calculated i need 12 hardware.
Yours might be different.
If you are just using one kit it will be 72 the length of the barn door hardware.