This will ensure that your door is square.
How to frame a barn door opening.
The door will slide left to right.
Measure the opening to determine the door width add at least two inches to the width of the opening or to the outside dimensions of the.
Sliding doors should extend at least an inch beyond the sides of the opening that don t have trim or an inch.
Removing the doors door hardware.
Remove the inner trim.
There s a peg in the top.
Measure from both corners of the door before screwing the middle rail to the stiles.
In every doorway there s a piece of trim running in the middle that keeps the door from.
To do this we started by gluing and screwing the bottom rail to both sides stiles.
Choose your barn door hardware before.
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.
It s time to assemble the frame of the barn door.
I want to install a sliding barn door on the opening to make it more private when we have guests.
Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy.
How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1.
Measure your door carefully and cut the opening to fit using a reciprocating saw.