How To Frame A Barn Door Opening

Remove the inner trim.

How to frame a barn door opening.

The hardware needs to installed along the top of the wall but there isn t enough clearance to the far left so i think the best solution is to frame out the opening to 1 make the opening smaller 2 install a header so there is enough clearance along the top to install the hardware. Measure from both corners of the door before screwing the middle rail to the stiles. Measure the opening to determine the door width add at least two inches to the width of the opening or to the outside dimensions of the. It s time to assemble the frame of the barn door.

How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1. Make the opening the width of the door plus 2 inches 5 1 cm and if additional studs are needed a space for these as. Choose your barn door hardware before. I want to install a sliding barn door on the opening to make it more private when we have guests.

Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy. To do this we started by gluing and screwing the bottom rail to both sides stiles. In every doorway there s a piece of trim running in the middle that keeps the door from. Unless a room s baseboard will be flush with its wall which is atypical but trendy right now then frame that wall normally and finish with a cased opening instead of wrapping with drywall use jamb material with trim at the perimeter.

Measure your door carefully and cut the opening to fit using a reciprocating saw. Sliding doors should extend at least an inch beyond the sides of the opening that don t have trim or an inch. There s a peg in the top. The door will slide left to right.