How To Hang A Barn Door Without Studs

Keep in mind this is for a 36 door.

How to hang a barn door without studs.

Measure the width of your doorway the amount of space you want from the doorway and out where the barn doors will hang. For double doors locate the studs on both sides of the door opening. Now you ll cut your 1x8x4s. 6 points 3 years ago.

Decide how tall your door. Attach the hanger rollers and hang the door. Build the barn door. Patch paint around the door frame.

2 points 3 years ago. Remove casing around the closet. Not native english so i don t know what all the things are called properly i ll also convert to inches so make it easier for some of you the situation. Rip 1 1 4 off the width of two of the boards.

Use the stud finder to locate and mark the studs above the door. Attach hanger rollers to the door according to the manufacturer s instructions using the supplied carriage bolts washers and nuts. I have a huge problem hanging a sliding door on a drywall wall. You may need or want a smaller or larger door.

Remove old baseboard that currently butts up to the casing. Hanging barn doors is not a difficult project. 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. I want to hang sliding barn door like this one on a drywall wall.

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. Buy the door you want mark on the wall where you need to install brackets for the track cut open those areas and attach wood backing to the cinder block then redrywall and hang your door. Place these boards on each side of the outside of your door. Measure to the point where you ll plan to put the stop for your barn door.

Your purchase is secured by epik. You might want the track to extend a couple inches beyond the stop just for appearances so add a couple inches on each side for that.