Rough Framing Barn Door

To finish the opening cut the header and jambs from 2 lumber.

Rough framing barn door.

Craftsmen use solid steel cut by a cnc machine to form the frame of the kits as well as the barn door hardware. Depending on your opening the lumber width will be 6 to 8 wide. Using a tape measure begin at the left edge of the opening and measure straight across to the right edge. There s a peg in the top of each door hinge just pull it out or grab a hammer to help knock it out.

You should add 2 1 2 to the height of the actual door. Rustica s barn door kits are made of only the highest quality materials. If the doorway has moldings measure from outside edge to outside edge to determine the proper door width add about 4 to 6 inches to your measurement. Maintain a simple consistent nailing pattern.

With the door on the rails close it such that it covers the opening. Bring the door inside and hang the rollers on the track. Each frame is powder coated with a finish that will endure the test of time. Framing rough opening sizes are really quite simple.

The door and hardware is longer than a regular door and it is easy to misjudge the length and balance meaning it s easy to bump into things. Unless a room s baseboard will be flush with its wall which is atypical but trendy right now then frame that wall normally and finish with a cased opening instead of wrapping with drywall use jamb material with trim at the perimeter. So if you have a bedroom door that is 30 wide which is considered a 2 6 or 2 6 door just add 2 to the width and frame it 32 wide. The barn door should be wide enough to completely cover the doorway with an inch or two of overhang on both sides and about one inch at the top.

Now all you need to know is how to properly frame your door rough opening. Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected. It should be tall enough so that when it s hung on the track there is about 1 2 inch of space between the bottom of the door and the floor. If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5.

Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy. Mark all the plates at once. Removing the doors door hardware. How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1.

Width of garage door opening standard widths are 8 9 10 12 14 16 17 and 18 height of the garage door opening standard residential heights are 7 7 6 8 header the header is ideally a minimum 12 wide micro laminated beam that spans the width of the garage door opening. How to measure for a barn door in three steps. And avoid toenailing when possible. Measure the distance between the king studs door width plus 5 in.

There are three simple rules to framing rough openings efficiently.