The measurements you see below are 71 wide for the door opening 79 from the.
How a bypass barn door works.
In this application the doors overlap and slide over one another so that half of the opening is accessible at any time.
My cleverer than i am brother who also happens to make sliding barn doors for people took one look at my door and suggested i put a sliding latch on it on the inside top of the door with the piece you slide your latch into on the top part of the door frame.
Let me tell you the install directions were less than stellar.
While waiting for the sliding door hardware to arrive from home depot i built and painted the barn door for lauryn s room.
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The final option is bypass doors.
I purchased this bypass door hardware kit on amazon.
A conversation piece through and through.
Designing your barn doors.
Materials list for barn.
For one barn door alone you just need a single track plus the necessary hardware.
After doing some research we learned that there s an amazing thing called bypass brackets for sliding barn door hardware that allows the doors to slide in front of and behind each other as double sliding doors.
I chose to do repeating and reversing chevron pattern across all four of our barn.
Choosing barn door hardware.
Mounting one track in front of another using a bypass bracket allows doors to overlap.
Installation video of our bypass barn door hardware kit.
Barn doors make for a stylish and space saving addition to any home but you ll gain added function and features when you choose bypass sliding barn doors designed to add utility to both small and large spaces from doorways with minimal surrounding wall space to multiple entries on the same wall.
Double bypass sliding barn doors.
This application is great for areas where barn doors are desired but there isn t adequate room on either side of the opening for the door to slide.
Barn doors are honestly my favorite thing to build.
A couple of nights before we installed the doors we put the hardware kit together and mounted it.
How to build bypass barn doors step 1.
How bypass barn doors work.
Diy barn doors step 4 installing the hardware.