How To Frame A Barn Door Opening
Measure your door carefully and cut the opening to fit using a reciprocating saw.
How to frame a barn door opening. Measure from both corners of the door before screwing the middle rail to the stiles. There s a peg in the top. 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. It s time to assemble the frame of the barn door.
Choose your barn door hardware before. To do this we started by gluing and screwing the bottom rail to both sides stiles. I want to install a sliding barn door on the opening to make it more private when we have guests. Next glue and screw the bottom mullion to the bottom rail and middle rail.
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. 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. How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1. Sliding doors should extend at least an inch beyond the sides of the opening that don t have trim or an inch.
The door will slide left to right. Remove the inner trim. This will ensure that your door is square. Removing the doors door hardware.