Barn Door Support Header

What thickness of barn doors does your hardware accommodate.

Barn door support header.

How thick and wide is the barn door hardware track. 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. 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. This support header is fully customizable with different colors finishes.

My contractor is installing a barn door. Barn door without support header. Some good examples are available. Barn door mounted to a header for stability.

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. Wall anchors are not sufficient support for hanging these doors. In the interest of time though you can do a google image search for header board barn door. Mounting over a bay window.

As i mentioned in my post it was necessary since the predrilled holes in barn door hardware don t line up with studs. Though we have the walls open and can reinforce underneath where the drywall will go he has concerns that the weight of the door will still compress the drywall. 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. This 2 x 5 1 2 thick header will take on the weight of any standard door without any problem 11 24 edit use the correct length screws to get into the framing set the screws far enough from the end of the new beam to insure good shear strength about an 1 1 2 from the end.

Thanks for stopping by. I am mounting shutters using the same hardware used for barn door sliders. You ll need a handle. Mounting your door to a header positions the door far enough from the wall to clear the door frame and trim when sliding.

But i don t find that it looks odd i like it in both spaces. He wants to install a 1x6 above the door so that it is well supported. Add structural support for your barn door with our sliding barn door support header.