I purchased this bypass door hardware kit on amazon.
How a bypass barn door works.
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Barn doors are honestly my favorite thing to build.
Diy barn doors step 4 installing the hardware.
In this application the doors overlap and slide over one another so that half of the opening is accessible at any time.
If there s no wall space on one side of your door opening or if your opening extends from one wall to the other think closet bypass doors could be the answer.
I chose to do repeating and reversing chevron pattern across all four of our barn.
Materials list for barn.
Mounting one track in front of another using a bypass bracket allows doors to overlap.
A conversation piece through and through.
The final option is bypass doors.
Choosing barn door hardware.
Installation video of our bypass barn door hardware kit.
Let me tell you the install directions were less than stellar.
I have an easy to follow step by step tutorial on how to build.
After doing some research we learned that there s an amazing thing called bypass brackets for sliding barn door hardware that allows the doors to slide in front of and behind each other as double sliding doors.
For one barn door alone you just need a single track plus the necessary hardware.
This application is great for areas where barn doors are desired but there isn t adequate room on either side of the opening for the door to slide.
The measurements you see below are 71 wide for the door opening 79 from the.
A couple of nights before we installed the doors we put the hardware kit together and mounted it.
How bypass barn doors work.
Designing your barn doors.
They are so easy and add so much character to any room.
While waiting for the sliding door hardware to arrive from home depot i built and painted the barn door for lauryn s room.
How to build bypass barn doors step 1.