Trimmed or cased opening.
Barn door coverage.
Personally i think barn style doors are perfect for a closet basement door bathroom door or even a built in bookcase.
Below are a few guidelines and graphics to help you measure for your barn door.
Be sure to check out our double interior barn doors we installed to cover a bookcase that we converted to store baking dishes and small kitchen appliances.
If your door is sheetrock only you can slide down the page to the sheetrocked opening section.
Now we re ready to pull out the tape measure.
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.
How do i measure for my sliding barn door.
The center of the rail will mount 2 above the door 3 above the opening which will be close to the center of 2 8 blocking.
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.
This barn door provides a perfect sense of regularity proportion and illumination.
Barn door opening measurements while the style of barn door you choose will come down to your personal preference you will need to be aware of barn door vs opening dimensions when making your choice.
First we ll cover openings with casing.
Work with a helper when lifting heavy pieces or standing on a step ladder during this diy.
Here is the before.
Once hung the door will be another 1 2 off the floor for a total coverage above the door of 1.