How to measure for a barn door in three steps using a tape measure begin at the left edge of the opening and measure straight across to the right edge.
Framing barn door opening.
This is the actual thickness of a 2x4.
If you re mounting a single door you need wall space on one side of your opening that is at least the width of the door so it can slide completely open.
Just add 2 to the width of the actual door size.
There are three simple rules to framing rough openings efficiently.
If the doorway has moldings measure from outside edge to outside edge to determine the proper door width add about 4 to 6 inches to your measurement.
A barn door can free up space compared to a swinging door but it also needs room to slide along its track.
A barn door is a door slab that slides left and right on wall mounted hardware stout rollers suspended from a steel bar in front of the door opening.
You will need to add 1 2 of plywood between the 2x4 s to get the right wall thickness of 3 1 2.
Maintain a simple consistent nailing pattern.
However barn doors aren t just for barns.
There s a peg in the top of each door hinge just pull it out or grab a hammer to help knock it out.
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.
And avoid toenailing when possible.
As the distance between the king studs.
The door will slide left to right.
You should add 2 1 2 to the height of the actual door.
This will give you room to space the door frame off of the sub floor.
To make the door header the top of the door frame cut two 2x4s to the same length as the width of the original opening and nail them securely together.
Removing the doors door hardware taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy.
Framing rough opening sizes are really quite simple.
We built and installed one as the finishing touch of a kitchen remodel and we love it.