In this project the mounting board was painted black and the edges rounded slightly for a more finished appearance.
Header board for barn door.
Mount the header board with three 8 trim screws in each stud location.
Most of our barn door hardware accommodates up to 1 50 thick door but a header board to push the track away from wall more to allow clearance can be used if you have thicker doors.
The barn door hardware track is 3 16 thick and 1 1 2 wide.
Let s get into this.
3 1x8x6 pine boards.
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.
Barn doors can be heavy up to 200 pounds or more so for sturdiness most people mount the track to a header attached to the wall studs above the doorway.
The hardware kit does not come with the supplies you will need to install a header board so you will have to get the piece of wood and interior screws separately.
If you are just using one kit it will be 72 the length of the barn door hardware.
Yours might be different.
Prior to building and installing our barn door we took out the door and frame of our existing 32 pre hung door.
That s what this 36 door will be replacing.
For door you will need.
Work with a helper when lifting heavy pieces or standing on a step ladder during this diy.
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.
7 1x6x8 pine boards.
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Barn doors can be heavy and difficult to maneuver alone.
1 1x6x4 pine boards.
It is advised not to install the track directly into the drywall so we first needed to install a header board above our door opening.
First we used our laser level and marked 2 above the door opening.
How thick and wide is the barn door hardware track.
Use the drywall anchors spacers and lag bolts to secure the mounting board.
We marked the studs with our stud finder and marked the angle distance of the header board.
Mounting over a bay window.
I have calculated i need 12 hardware.
Then we cut our 1 6 header board to length for us the length was the width of the wall.
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.