How To Hang Barn Door In Metal Studs

For double doors locate the studs on both sides of the door opening.

How to hang barn door in metal studs.

We did build a diy barn door and i learned a lot that i could not have anticipated prior to installing my first barn door. The door is solid mdf and weighs 200 lbs including the metal rail and sliding wheels. Installing barn door hardware process. Locate the studs use the stud finder to locate and mark the studs above the door.

I m looking to install a single sliding barn door in the 2nd bedroom of my condo. And being in a condo i m unfortunately plagued with metal studs. I m excited that the new barn door system will allow us to open the barn door and see into the entire closet which will also give us better access to the crawl space. Using a stud finder and a level hang the mounting board on the wall studs.

For single doors start about three or four inches up on the hinge side of the door opening and continue for the length of the backer board. To date i ve installed a 1x4x80 wood backing board across 5 metal studs with strap toggles going through the. Use a socket wrench to tighten with another person or two attach the bottom roller guide and rollers and hang the door on the track. Learn step by step instructions how to install a rustica hardware support header with our very own kate and paul.

Week 1 was off to a nice enough start but by week 2 disaster struck and i just completely skipped week 3 because let s be honest at this point i m just playing catch up. Attach the hanger rollers and hang the door attach hanger rollers to the door according to the manufacturer s instructions using the supplied carriage bolts washers and nuts. So today i m sharing a diy barn door. I was hoping that the doors would protect the stuff in.

I used 3 wood screws to attach it and made sure i place a screw on every stud. This tutorial is meant for diyers building a door from scratch. I chose to tackle step one installing the barn door track with the existing closet doors still attached. The door must be no thicker than 1 3 4 step 1.

Hello one room challenge week 4 i hate you.