Trim Around Barn Door Opening

Mark the stud locations hold the.

Trim around barn door opening.

In this example the total width is 38. You can find our favorite brad nailer here. 30 opening 34 wide door. There s a peg in the top.

And the door will have a gap at the bottom in order to clear the flooring. In every doorway there s a piece of trim running in the middle that keeps the door from. The height is a bit trickier based on the casing and header. We recommend 1 1 2 to 2 of overhang on each side.

For single doors start about. How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1. Barn doors step 1. Measure from the outside of the casing to the outside of the casing for the door width.

Since in most cases there will be an installed continuous base trim piece that means that there will be a gap between the barn door and the jamb sides and head top of the door equal to the depth of the base trim. Prime and paint the backer board there should be one inch of space between the barn door and the wall frame. Removing the doors door hardware. In instances where casing is present we recommend building the door to the same size as the opening casing.

Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy. Since the door sits off the wall in order to slide it must be wider that the opening to fully hide the opening. Once the side trim was attached we measured and cut the bottom trim to size and attached it with wood glue and 1 1 4 brad nails. Trimmed or cased opening width.

The opening will have full trim with 3 5 side casing and a 5 5 header see pic for an example of another door trimmed the same way. Barn door installation without removing door trim just a quick spackle. We cut the side trim pieces to size and attached them to the side of the barn door with 1 1 4 brad nails and wood glue. We removed the standard sized existing basement door as well as the door hinges.

You do not need to remove the trim. Locate the studs use the stud finder to locate and mark the studs above the door.