Trim Around Barn Door Opening

We cut the side trim pieces to size and attached them to the side of the barn door with 1 1 4 brad nails and wood glue.

Trim around barn door opening.

In this example the total width is 38. Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy. The height is a bit trickier based on the casing and header. Remove the inner trim.

Since the door sits off the wall in order to slide it must be wider that the opening to fully hide the opening. Barn door installation without removing door trim just a quick spackle. In every doorway there s a piece of trim running in the middle that keeps the door from. Removing the doors door hardware.

Mark the stud locations hold the. Locate the studs use the stud finder to locate and mark the studs above the door. I know that people typically extend the header to encompass the full length of the rail. Prime and paint the backer board there should be one inch of space between the barn door and the wall frame.

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. Measure from the outside of the casing to the outside of the casing for the door width. 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. And the door will have a gap at the bottom in order to clear the flooring.

We removed the standard sized existing basement door as well as the door hinges. Barn doors step 1. You can find our favorite brad nailer here. Once the side trim was attached we measured and cut the bottom trim to size and attached it with wood glue and 1 1 4 brad nails.

The nice thing about the jeld wen barn door kit is you can install the door right over your existing door trim. Trimmed or cased opening width. For single doors start about. 30 opening 34 wide door.

There s a peg in the top. We recommend 1 1 2 to 2 of overhang on each side.