Rough Framing Barn Door

Now all you need to know is how to properly frame your door rough opening.

Rough framing barn door.

Be careful and or recruit a helper to avoid accidental dings in the wall. 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 are three simple rules to framing rough openings efficiently. Measure the distance between the king studs door width plus 5 in.

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. Craftsmen use solid steel cut by a cnc machine to form the frame of the kits as well as the barn door hardware. To finish the opening cut the header and jambs from 2 lumber. 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.

There s a peg in the top of each door hinge just pull it out or grab a hammer to help knock it out. Framing rough opening sizes are really quite simple. Frame the rough opening to a height that is 1 5 taller than the door that you have selected. Just add 2 to the width of the actual door size.

If the door is 7 tall frame the opening 7 1 5. This will give you room to space the door frame off of the sub floor. Removing the doors 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. Maintain a simple consistent nailing pattern. How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1. Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy.

How to measure for a barn door in three steps. With the door on the rails close it such that it covers the opening. You should add 2 1 2 to the height of the actual door. Bring the door inside and hang the rollers on the track.

Mark all the plates at once. 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. Rustica s barn door kits are made of only the highest quality materials. 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.

And avoid toenailing when possible.