Low Header Barn Door

This track kit is the ideal solution to fit in places where you have limited room space in the gap over the top of your sliding door.

Low header barn door.

To determine the height to mount the header you can attach the hardware to the door and prop the door off the ground. 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. Mounting over a bay window. I have calculated i need 12 hardware.

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. The instructions usually do a good job of helping with the specific measurements since barn door hardware can vary. Work with a helper when lifting heavy pieces or standing on a step ladder during this diy. Our past blog posts have covered various topics from team member features house tours thoughts on conservation and even how to builds but we ve never wrote a blog highlighting one of the products we offer.

The function of the sliding door is relatively straightforward. Barn doors can be heavy and difficult to maneuver alone. This barn door hardware requires less than 2 of room to operate over the top of your door slab. A sliding barn door seems like a door with simple and self explanatory function.

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. Sliding doors in victorian renovation. The barn door hangers will roll on the track which is mounted above the door to the header or blocking. Some good examples are available.

With blocking or a header in place the mounting hardware can be applied to adequately cover the opening. However the planning and considerations that precede a barn door are a bit more challenging to ensure that the door functions properly and looks good aesthetically once it is hung. Everything you need to know about the hottest design trend. The low clearance barn door hardware system accommodates those difficult spaces where the ceiling is low and header space is limited.

Lowest clearance barn door track hardware design available. I am mounting shutters using the same hardware used for barn door sliders. The sliding barn door guide. It is no secret that sliding doors and barn style doors have quickly grown in popularity and.

As i mentioned in my post it was necessary since the predrilled holes in barn door hardware don t line up with studs. Thanks for stopping by. But i don t find that it looks odd i like it in both spaces. Our low clearance system has the highest versatility available with the shortest amount of space required for the system to work at only 3.

In the interest of time though you can do a google image search for header board barn door.