How A Bypass Barn Door Works
A conversation piece through and through.
How a bypass barn door works. Choosing barn door hardware. For one barn door alone you just need a single track plus the necessary hardware. How bypass barn doors work. Designing your barn doors.
I chose to do repeating and reversing chevron pattern across all four of our barn. Mounting one track in front of another using a bypass bracket allows doors to overlap. In this application the doors overlap and slide over one another so that half of the opening is accessible at any time. I have an easy to follow step by step tutorial on how to build.
Let me tell you the install directions were less than stellar. Materials list for barn. They are so easy and add so much character to any room. A couple of nights before we installed the doors we put the hardware kit together and mounted it.
Installation video of our bypass barn door hardware kit. 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. Diy barn doors step 4 installing the hardware. 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.
The final option is bypass doors. 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. Barn doors are honestly my favorite thing to build. My cleverer than i am brother who also happens to make sliding barn doors for people took one look at my door and suggested i put a sliding latch on it on the inside top of the door with the piece you slide your latch into on the top part of the door frame.
I purchased this bypass door hardware kit on amazon. Barn doors make for a stylish and space saving addition to any home but you ll gain added function and features when you choose bypass sliding barn doors designed to add utility to both small and large spaces from doorways with minimal surrounding wall space to multiple entries on the same wall. If you have any questions regarding your installation give us a call at 1 800 997 5085 or send us a. While waiting for the sliding door hardware to arrive from home depot i built and painted the barn door for lauryn s room.