Trim Around A Barn Door Opening

Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy.

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. Locate the studs use the stud finder to locate and mark the studs above the door. Remove the inner trim. The final option is bypass doors.

The nice thing about the jeld wen barn door kit is you can install the door right over your existing door trim. And the door will have a gap at the bottom in order to clear the flooring. Mark the stud locations hold the. I know that people typically extend the header to encompass the full length of the rail.

The level of the opening varied greatly around each side of the door. Another option is bi parting doors. We removed the standard sized existing basement door as well as the door hinges. In some places we used pieces that were an inch thick other places we needed thinner pieces like scraps of beadboard.

For single doors start about. This application is great for areas where barn doors are desired but there isn t adequate room on either side of the opening. We cut scraps of wood to shim each side to the desired depth. There s a peg in the top.

First you need to prepare to install the door trim. Removing the doors door hardware. 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. How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1.

Prime and paint the backer board there should be one inch of space between the barn door and the wall frame. 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. Measure from the outside of the casing to the outside of the casing for the door width.

In instances where casing is present we recommend building the door to the same size as the opening casing. 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. You do not need to remove the trim. This option is most common for larger openings or applications where you don t have enough room for a single door to slide.

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. Trimmed or cased opening width.