It also creates space for the new sliding door away from the wall to clear the trim.
Materials to hang sliding barn door.
Sliding barn doors work best when there is enough empty wall space next to the opening that the door can slide completely open.
Make sure you have the necessary hardware.
Hanging barn doors is not a difficult project but it does require attention to detail to ensure the door operates properly and safely.
Most installations will require a hanger board or ledger on the wall to mount the door track.
Line up the brackets and mark the holes on your door frame before drilling them out.
Secure a 2 4 across the center of the line you drew in step one.
Cut a board twice as long as the door width project diagram drawing 1.
Then take them to the drill press or use a drill to drill the holes for the carriage bolts.
Be careful when drilling to avoid any tear out.
Be sure to drill your screws into studs so as to ensure the tracking.
2 flat steel track track joint brackets spacers screws lag bolts carriage bolts hanger rollers bottom roller guide and bottom rollers.
To start cut two pieces of the flat bar steel to make the brackets that hold the wheels to the door.
Nathan installed the z bar knotty alder wood interior sliding barn door slab with hardware kit that can be found at the home depot the kit comes with all the materials required to assemble and hang the door though nathan choose to add additional 3 4 inch stock in this application because the wall was not plumb and the door would have hit the baseboard otherwise.
The hardware with the sliding barn door system should include the following.
Measure up from the floor the length of the door plus an inch and a quarter.
Using a level draw a horizontal line the length of the sliding door track step two.