Header For Barn Door Track

The track is attached to the building by brackets.
Header for barn door track. The holes on the door track are 12 apart. Add structural support for your barn door with our sliding barn door support header. A header replaces the need to have studs in just the right spot. The barn door hardware track is 3 16 thick and 1 1 2 wide.
Clihome 96 in 8 ft black steel top mount sliding barn door track and hardware kit for double doors. How thick and wide is the barn door hardware track. Your order is processing please do not press the back button or refresh the page. Door panels are outfitted with hanger assemblies that ride in the enclosed track.
Box track is a top hung system where the track is mounted over an opening. It should be tall enough so that when it s hung on the track there is about 1 2 inch of space between the bottom of the door and the floor. Clihome 10 ft 120 in black straight strap sliding barn door track and hardware kit for single door with floor guide. For pricing and availability.
These brackets give the track stability and strength and prevent the enclosed track from opening up over time. In order to install your barn door securely you would need to attach the barn door track to those studs. If you mount on wall studs be sure there is a stud or wood block at every interval on your track including beyond the door opening. A 2 x 6 cut twice as long as your track should do the trick.
Most of our barn door hardware accommodates up to 1 50 thick door but a header board to push the track away from wall more to allow clearance can be used if you have thicker doors. Without the addition of this header board the door track would only have hit something called a header inside the wall which is basically two 2x4s stacked on top of each other in a couple of places over the doorway. This support header is fully customizable with different colors finishes. Which is great if you re only ever going to have your door closed.
This 2 x 5 1 2 thick header will take on the weight of any standard door without any problem 11 24 edit use the correct length screws to get into the framing set the screws far enough from the end of the new beam to insure good shear strength about an 1 1 2 from the end. The header reinforces the drywall making it strong enough for your barn door.