Barn Door On Existing Door Frame

Removing the doors door hardware.

Barn door on existing door frame.

You can customize. We gave our sister a custom barn door for her pantry to update her kitchen. There s a peg in the top. Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy.

The nice thing about the jeld wen barn door kit is you can install the door right over your existing door trim. Install diagonal cross pieces. You ll need a set of sliding door hardware as well as a door that s large enough to cover your opening. We removed the standard sized existing basement door as well as the door hinges.

You need the right kind of space. Use a speed square to make sure the 1x4 is square. Cut a 1x4 to size and install with wood glue and staples. Barn door installation without removing door trim just a quick spackle.

Barn door track is usually above your present framing. Once the putty dried we touched them up with a little paint. 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. If you re mounting a single door you need wall space on one side of your opening that is at least the width of the door so it can slide completely open.

In every doorway there s a piece of trim running in the middle that keeps the door from. You do not need to remove the trim. 1 existing solid core door my door is 6 8 tall x 32 wide. Wood putty the seams sand and then prime paint and paint again with your finish coat.

Trade your ordinary interior door for a farm chic sliding barn door with these easy steps. If you choose to leave the door trim like we did you can used a pre primed 1 6 pine board for attaching the barn door track. You could use a utility knife to square off the areas and glue in another piece of wood. A barn door can free up space compared to a swinging door but it also needs room to slide along its track.

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. You could use other types of wood to match the existing. How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1. You can find the barn door hardware that we used here and the handle that we used here.

Use a template to mark the holes for your door hardware then drill the holes making sure to hold the drill perpendicular to the floor. 2 1 6 x 8 long wood boards i used white pine boards. 1 1 8 x 6 long wood board 3 optional new black hinges you could use your old ones. Learn how to easily replace an existing door with a barn door.

Next install the hardware.