Trim Around A Barn Door Opening

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.

Trim around a barn door opening.

There s a peg in the top. We cut scraps of wood to shim each side to the desired depth. In every doorway there s a piece of trim running in the middle that keeps the door from. Prime and paint the backer board there should be one inch of space between the barn door and the wall frame.

In this example the total width is 38. Measure from the outside of the casing to the outside of the casing for the door width. The nice thing about the jeld wen barn door kit is you can install the door right over your existing door trim. The level of the opening varied greatly around each side of the door.

Locate the studs use the stud finder to locate and mark the studs above the door. Trimmed or cased opening width. For single doors start about. We removed the standard sized existing basement door as well as the door hinges.

Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy. Barn doors step 1. In instances where casing is present we recommend building the door to the same size as the opening casing. How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1.

You then need to calculate the side length and the head length and then make the cuts. The resulting transition of a smooth opening was worth the effort. Remove the inner trim. I know that people typically extend the header to encompass the full length of the rail.

This option is most common for larger openings or applications where you don t have enough room for a single door to slide. To install door trim you may need a miter saw a pencil tape measure and claw hammer in addition to the wood filler molding and finishing products you are going to use. Removing the doors door hardware. Barn door installation without removing door trim just a quick spackle.

Mark the stud locations hold the. And the door will have a gap at the bottom in order to clear the flooring. This application is great for areas where barn doors are desired but there isn t adequate room on either side of the opening. This is the case in the photos below where the opening is centered and the doors open in opposite directions so that they can be stored on either side of the opening.

The opening will have full trim with 3 5 side casing and a 5 5 header see pic for an example of another door trimmed the same way. First you need to prepare to install the door trim. In some places we used pieces that were an inch thick other places we needed thinner pieces like scraps of beadboard.