Barn Door Support Header

Barn door without support header.

Barn door support header.

Wall anchors are not sufficient support for hanging these doors. He wants to install a 1x6 above the door so that it is well supported. What thickness of barn doors does your hardware accommodate. You ll need a handle.

Some good examples are available. My contractor is installing a barn door. 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. But i don t find that it looks odd i like it in both spaces.

Mounting your door to a header positions the door far enough from the wall to clear the door frame and trim when sliding. As i mentioned in my post it was necessary since the predrilled holes in barn door hardware don t line up with studs. 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 thick and wide is the barn door hardware track.

Most of our barn door hardware accommodates up to 1 50 thick door but a header board to push the track away from wall more to allow clearance can be used if you have thicker doors. Add structural support for your barn door with our sliding barn door support header. Mounting over a bay window. In the interest of time though you can do a google image search for header board barn door.

I have calculated i need 12 hardware. This support header is fully customizable with different colors finishes. Our barn doors are 1 1 2 thick. Barn door mounted to a header for stability.

Thanks for stopping by. This 2 x 5 1 2 thick header will take on the weight of any standard door without any problem 11 24 edit use the correct length screws to get into the framing set the screws far enough from the end of the new beam to insure good shear strength about an 1 1 2 from the end. I am mounting shutters using the same hardware used for barn door sliders.