Installing A Barn Door With A Header

Locate the studs use the stud finder to locate and mark the studs above the door.

Installing a barn door with a header. For single doors start about. Mark the stud locations hold the. Our door measures just under 82 1 2 tall. Cut off the bottom excess of each board until they measure the desired height of your door.

With this step by step guide you ll have stylish functional barn doors hanging in your house in no time. Learn how to install a barn door and what tools wil. Once the door was removed we installed the wood header piece above the door frame. Using a stud finder locate the studs along.

The header is the slab of wood you apply to the studs and then the door hardware attaches to the header. In this video i show you how to install barn doors using a standard flat bar rail set that i purchased from home depot. Helpful tips on doing this below. Barn doors step 1.

The reason for this is because not all wall studs will be in the perfect position to just attach the track right to the wall. A 2 x 6 cut twice as long as your track should do the trick. Jeld wen also supplied a matching white wood header but sophia wanted the header to match the wall color so she purchased a piece of 3 4 inch pine and had it custom cut to the length we needed. Using a level and a pencil make a line above the doorway the same length as the track.

To determine where the track should be installed first measure the height of the door then add 2 1 8 to the. Prime and paint the backer board there should be one inch of space between the barn door and the wall frame. Decide how tall your door will be. These rails are available at most of.

A 3 foot door requires 6 feet of track. Lay your 1x6x8 boards on a flat surface and mark where you need to cut off excess.