Trim Around Barn Door Opening
Barn door installation without removing door trim just a quick spackle.
Trim around barn door opening. The nice thing about the jeld wen barn door kit is you can install the door right over your existing door trim. 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. For single doors start about. In every doorway there s a piece of trim running in the middle that keeps the door from.
Barn doors step 1. Trimmed or cased opening width. Measure from the outside of the casing to the outside of the casing for the door width. Removing the doors door hardware.
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. You do not need to remove the trim. The height is a bit trickier based on the casing and header. And the door will have a gap at the bottom in order to clear the flooring.
Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy. Remove the inner trim. I know that people typically extend the header to encompass the full length of the rail. We removed the standard sized existing basement door as well as the door hinges.
30 opening 34 wide door. We recommend 1 1 2 to 2 of overhang on each side. 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. Prime and paint the backer board there should be one inch of space between the barn door and the wall frame.
How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1. You can find our favorite brad nailer here. Since the door sits off the wall in order to slide it must be wider that the opening to fully hide the opening. Locate the studs use the stud finder to locate and mark the studs above the door.
In instances where casing is present we recommend building the door to the same size as the opening casing. Mark the stud locations hold the.