Learn how to create your own barn and commercial sliding door systems with 3 easy steps.
How to hang a barn door track.
Using a level draw a horizontal line the length of the sliding door track step two.
Use the drywall anchors spacers and lag bolts to secure the mounting board.
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Hang the door the last step to installing your barn door track is to finally hang your door from the hanger rollers and line it up onto the track.
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Secure a 2 4 across the center of the line you drew in step one.
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.
How to hang a sliding barn door.
Measure up from the floor the length of the door plus an inch and a quarter.
If the track in your barn door hardware kit is longer then use a hacksaw to cut an even amount of track off each side.
The tracks should be exactly as long as the section along which you wish the door to slide.
Measure and cut two lengths of track for each barn door.
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Make sure there s no bend in the track and that all of your components are level and secure before opening and closing your door.
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We need to decide how high on the wall you need to hang the track.
If installing two sliding doors remember that the tracks should be twice as wide as each door so that you can slide two doors together.
This is the total length for your barn door track.
Be sure to drill your screws into studs so as to ensure the tracking.
To secure the track to the wall and add support for the heavy barn door cut a 1 x 4 mounting board the same length as but a little wider than the track.