Barn Door Header

Picking and installing your barn door header rustica has the option of customizing your header to match perfectly with your barn door and wall.

Barn door header.

I have a hallway that leads into a group of bedrooms. 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. Mounting a sliding barn door without a header. 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.

I have calculated i need 12 hardware. To determine the height to mount the header you can attach the hardware to the door and prop the door off the ground. Why did my barn door hardware track ship in. Active 10 months ago.

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. Once the header is installed to the drywall the track can be firmly added to the header. Add structural support for your barn door with our sliding barn door support header. I am mounting shutters using the same hardware used for barn door sliders.

Thanks for stopping by. 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. But i don t find that it looks odd i like it in both spaces. 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. Your order is processing please do not press the back button or refresh the page. Mounting over a bay window. This support header is fully customizable with different colors finishes.

A 2 x 6 cut twice as long as your track should do the trick. The header reinforces the drywall making it strong enough for your barn door. The instructions usually do a good job of helping with the specific measurements since barn door hardware can vary. Viewed 2k times 1.

Some good examples are available. There is not currently a header of any kind above this opening. As i mentioned in my post it was necessary since the predrilled holes in barn door hardware don t line up with studs. I would like to install a sliding barn door to close these rooms off.