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How To Measure For Your Door

Step 1: You can make your door as tall or wide as you want. With that in mind. For regular barn door hardware, we recommend that you add at least two inches of overlap on each side, and two inches on the height. For example, if your actual opening is 36” wide by 82” tall your measurements would be 40” x 84”.

Step 2: Your barn door hardware should be at least double the width of your door frame. So, if your opening is 34” wide your hardware should be at least 68” wide rounded up to the nearest foot. For a 34” opening a 72” (6ft) barn door hardware will be ideal.

NOTE: One of the things to keep in mind is your clearance. (the distance between the top of your door opening to the ceiling. If you have over 8” of clearance most of the regular sliding barn door hardware will fit your opening. If you have less, you will need to pay attention to the clearance specifications when purchasing hardware. If you do have less than 8” of clearance there are still many options out there to consider.

If you still have questions or are unsure of where to measure from please call us or send us a picture of your project area and we can assist you.

Choosing the Right Hardware

If you are thinking “I really would like a barn door in my home, but I don’t have a space to put it in” Then what if we told you there are more than just one type of barn door hardware options? There are not too many places where a sliding barn door would not work! We can design ANYTHING!

There are four basic styles when it comes to choosing what type of hardware will work best for your project. They are Flat Track, Bi-Parting, Bypass, and Ceiling Mount.

Hardware

FLAT TRACK

The most common application of barn door hardware is the Flat Track. This hardware is used for a single door and is able to slide to the left or right. The Flat Track is great for large and small openings as long as you have enough room open door to one side.

BI-PARTING

For lager openings with space on both sides to slide doors to, the Bi-parting hardware is perfect. Also it is a great solution if you don’t have enough room on each side to open one big door all the way, so you get two smaller doors that part in the middle to be able to fit your space. You may also use the longer track to run across your entire area for multiple doors.

BYPASS

What if you don’t have enough room on each side to slide a door? The bypass option is your answer! The bypass doors overlap and slide over one another so that half of the opening is accessible at any time. Even if you only have an inch from outside opening and the wall a bypass system will work.

CEILING MOUNT

When your clearance between the top of your door and the ceiling is too small for conventional rollers to fit, or you have no place to mount the hardware to on your wall, a Ceiling Mount is the solution. Realistically you can use a ceiling mount in any of the applications listed above if you wanted the biggest door possible for your space. The ceiling mount will attach to the studs in your ceiling and be just as sturdy. The track that your doors will slide on hangs down from the ceiling for a smooth open and close.