This past weekend, the Laird with the help of his father, took on the task to hang the sliding barn door that I built for our bathroom. I decided having a sliding door would add some interior space to our tiny bathroom. As it was, the door would hit the curved shower curtain rod, and not completely open all the way. There is a lot of open space on the hall wall near the bathroom, so a sliding door would not only fit well, but function wonderfully inside and out.
Check out post about building this door.
I purchased all of my barn door hardware off or Amazon.com. Parts needed:
While building the door, I stained a 1" x 6" pine board to mount the Box Rail. I lightly sanded and then spray painted all of the metal parts with Rubbed Oil Bronze spray paint.
First, the Laird used a paddle drill to drill holes into the top of the door to attach the trolleys to the top of the door. Then he measured how high the pine board needed to be hung. Unfortunately this measurement was not high enough, and it had to be re-done.
The Laird used a stud finder to locate all of the studs for mounting. Like the rest of our house, this particular wall was creatively constructed- as it did not have standard stud distances. We also discovered that the door frame was not level. Oh the joys of a very old & settled house! After leveling and securing the mounting board, the laird then attached the Box Rail brackets. Once that was complete, he slide the box rail track into place. The track had to be mounted level, but off angle to the board, due to the quirky unlevel door frame. Once that was done, it was time to hang the door. Upon hanging the door, we realized that the track/ mounting board were not hung high enough, and the door wouldn't slide along the track- hence round 2 of installing the barn door track. The second time went much quicker, though the Laird was a little frustrated. After a few adjustments, we have a functioning sliding barn door for our bathroom and we love it!
We have yet to purchase and hang new door trim & casing. We also need to attach handles to both the inside and outside of the door. We love everything about this new door. I looks amazing! And gives a cool peak into the bathroom as we come to the top of the stairs. The bathroom even feels more spacious. Next task is to update the bathroom! Will add final photos once handles and trim are installed. Are you starting to love interior barn doors, as much as I do? We have a few more to build for the bedrooms. More to come...
OLD bathroom door: NEW bathroom door:
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