Sliding Barn Door Header Board

This support header is fully customizable with different colors finishes.

Sliding barn door header board.

Barn door mounted to a header for stability. Everything you need to know about the hottest design trend. 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. As i mentioned in my post it was necessary since the predrilled holes in barn door hardware don t line up with studs.

It is no secret that sliding doors and barn style doors have quickly grown in popularity and. Thanks for stopping by. Your order is processing please do not press the back button or refresh the page. You ll need a handle.

But i don t find that it looks odd i like it in both spaces. 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. Then we cut our 1 6 header board to length for us the length was the width of the wall. 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.

This works on the outside but you ll need to. Double barn doors require open wall space on both sides of the doorway. First we used our laser level and marked 2 above the door opening. Some good examples are available.

We marked the studs with our stud finder and marked the angle distance of the header board. Yours might be different. Mounting your door to a header positions the door far enough from the wall to clear the door frame and trim when sliding. Sliding barn doors work best when there is enough empty wall space next to the opening that the door can slide completely open.

Let s get into this. Maybe a latch a handle or pull lets you slide the door open and shut easily and it looks great. Keep in mind that light switches electrical outlets and heating and cooling registers on the walls next to the opening could be in the way. Add structural support for your barn door with our sliding barn door support header.

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 barn door hardware track is 3 16 thick and 1 1 2 wide. In the interest of time though you can do a google image search for header board barn door.