Learn how to create your own barn and commercial sliding door systems with 3 easy steps.
Installing sliding barn door track.
For wider doors cut the track to fit and join the pieces with connectors available from the hardware manufacturer.
Construct the correct size door panels with materials bought or buy ready made ones if desired.
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.
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The first step to making sure your barn door track system is properly installed is.
How to install a barn door track system step 1.
Measure and cut two lengths of mounting board for each barn door.
Buy a track that s twice the width of your door.
The boards should be as long as the doors and about 1 inch or 4 cm wider than the track.
A 4 foot wide door takes at least 8 feet of track to slide completely open.
Prime and paint the backer board there should be one inch of space between the barn door and the wall frame.
For single doors start about.
I accomplish this by ripping a 2 4 down to between 2 1 2 and 3 in.
Next using the manufacturer s instructions assemble the flat steel track with your joint.
Use the drywall anchors spacers and lag bolts to secure the mounting board.
Track and a pair of hangers for a 4 ft.
A 3 foot door requires 6 feet of track.
Anchor your mounting board.
Locate the studs use the stud finder to locate and mark the studs above the door.
The best and quickest method toward installing a sliding barn door is to purchase a commercially available mounting kit.
For the bypass hardware to work on a shed you have to have a strong place to anchor the top track.
Barn doors step 1.
Custom barn doors are a lot of fun with the right help.
Depending on how thick the door is and attaching it to the shed wall with lag screws.
Mark the stud locations hold the.
Attach the mounting boards to the top and bottom of the doorway using drywall anchors and ensure that the mounting boards run straight along the doorway.
Structural support is required.