Barn Door Installation Measurements
Add 1 to 2 per door for overlap depending on privacy needs.
Barn door installation measurements. The boards should be as long as the doors and about 1 inch or 4 cm wider than the track. Total door width will be 36. In this example the opening width is 32 4. While the style of barn door you choose will come down to your personal preference you.
Interior barn doors are hung from a track mounted on the wall above a door opening. Your next step is to calculate the width of the door s opening starting from inside the door jamb on. Barn door measuring guide for door openings with casing molding. Add 2 4 to this measurement so your barn door completely covers the entryway without drafts or slight openings.
Add 4 to the measurement and you have your recommended door width. The barn door you choose needs to be slightly larger than the opening of the door frame it will cover. Bottom tracks aren t necessary but we recommend adding one to reduce swinging. Measure and cut two lengths of mounting board for each barn door.
To figure out what size track you need double your final width measurement. If your doorway doesn t have a trim measure the width of the inside of the door frame from left to right. Measure from inside to inside of the opening. Next you ll want to determine the height you want your door to be.
To start measure the width of your door opening from outside molding edge to outside molding edge and add 1 inch or more on each side for overlap. Measure across for the width and from the top of the casing molding to the floor for height. Measure from the header to the floor to determine the door. You can choose from an array of interior door styles materials and patterns.
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. Sheetrocked opening no trim or casing width. Measure the height of your door opening from the top molding edge to floor. How to measure for a barn door in three steps using a tape measure begin at the left edge of the opening and measure straight across to the right edge.
2 attach the mounting boards to the top and bottom of the doorway using drywall anchors and ensure that the mounting boards run straight along the doorway. Standard barn door sizes 36 x 80 36 x 84 36 x 96 42 x 80 42 x 84 42 x 96. 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.