Remove the inner trim.
How to frame a barn door opening.
Choose your barn door hardware before.
How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1.
In every doorway there s a piece of trim running in the middle that keeps the door from.
I want to install a sliding barn door on the opening to make it more private when we have guests.
Make the opening the width of the door plus 2 inches 5 1 cm and if additional studs are needed a space for these as.
Next glue and screw the bottom mullion to the bottom rail and middle rail.
Measure from both corners of the door before screwing the middle rail to the stiles.
The door will slide left to right.
Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy.
This will ensure that your door is square.
Removing the doors door hardware.
Sliding doors should extend at least an inch beyond the sides of the opening that don t have trim or an inch.
To do this we started by gluing and screwing the bottom rail to both sides stiles.
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.
There s a peg in the top.
Measure your door carefully and cut the opening to fit using a reciprocating saw.