Installing Double Barn Doors:
Installing a Barn Door is a beautiful addition to your home,
Recently, had the opportunity to install a multi function barn door,
The multi function was to use the door as a beautiful addition and….A doggy door,
Meaning
This particular client had dogs that could easily hurdle over our standard Kid/Doggy gate,
They had to double stack which created a great inconvenience!
Solution,
Barn doors with stops,
Installing a Barn Door can be a fun DWI project with a couple of pointers,
First, you’ll need to install the track, it’s important to slide on the inside stops ahead of time,
Note: the inside stops prevent the doors from sliding past the middle, which was important for highly intelligent dogs, lol
When installing the track there are two important factors….Make sure it’s level (use a full size level) and make sure its the right height (it will say in the instuctions)
Barn doors come with bottom guides that are connected to the floor to keep the door from pushing out, many barn doors come with pre made grooves on the bottom to slide over the guides….
Also important for smart/strong dogs, otherwise, they will try to push under the door,
Once the Tracks are installed, it’s time to drill the holes in the door for the wheel brackets,
Again, follow the instuctions/template (may come with) for the correct position/location of the brackets,
After the the wheel brackets are installed, it’s time to hang your door,
Assuming all the measurements were correct, your door should glide wonderfully,
Now it’s time to install the bottom guides and any handles your door came with,
The guide will be installed just inside the bottom outside edge of each door in it’s closed position…(there’s wiggle room on the positioning of the guides based on the application)
Better to remove door(s) before securing the guides,
Once the position is determined and marked, the guide needs to be connected to the floor, if it’s tile, you may try to move the guide to a point where there’s grout, as it’s easier to drill through grout, either way, you’ll want to drill a pilot hole with a smaller bit,
Note: if there’s no place to drill through the grout and you have to drill into the tile, you’ll want to get a punch (large nail or Phillips Head works as well) to “shatter” the outer glaze of the tile before drilling your pilot hole,
Progressively move up in diameter with your drill bits untill you receive the best diameter for your plastic anchor,
Install any handles (follow instructions) the door may have come with and…
Your good to go!
Enjoy!
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