Trim Around Barn Door Opening

How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1.

Trim around barn door opening.

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. 30 opening 34 wide door. In this example the total width is 38. Barn doors step 1.

We removed the standard sized existing basement door as well as the door hinges. Trimmed or cased opening width. Barn door installation without removing door trim just a quick spackle. I know that people typically extend the header to encompass the full length of the rail.

In instances where casing is present we recommend building the door to the same size as the opening casing. Locate the studs use the stud finder to locate and mark the studs above the door. There s a peg in the top. Mark the stud locations hold the.

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. Remove the inner trim. You can find our favorite brad nailer here. Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy.

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. And the door will have a gap at the bottom in order to clear the flooring. Removing the doors door hardware. Since the door sits off the wall in order to slide it must be wider that the opening to fully hide the opening.

Measure from the outside of the casing to the outside of the casing for the door width. For single doors start about. 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. You do not need to remove the trim.

The height is a bit trickier based on the casing and header. Prime and paint the backer board there should be one inch of space between the barn door and the wall frame.