Now you can either measure the height of the door or use the actual door itself i used the door to get it more accurate and mark the hangar where the top of the door hits it.
Two barn doors sie by side with 12 in btween.
This is because the opening was about 80 but there was only 12 of wall on each side of the closet opening previously covered with a pair of bi fold doors made two big mistakes.
Use wood boards from the big box store and birch plywood for a budget friendly project.
This beginner friendly tutorial is a for two sided barn door with rustic decorative trim on both sides.
Now measure up 1 2 from the first mark or however wide you want the spacing to be between the door and the floor and make a new mark on the hangar.
For double barn doors you ll install two full sets of hardware centered in the middle of the door opening.
Once you ve bought the correct size door and hardware open the package and make sure you have all the right pieces.
Rustic unfinished 2 panel v groove pine wood interior barn door with oil rubbed bronze hardware kit model up2500 4284 10b 12.
Pacific entries 42 in.
This project lays out the steps to build a door of any size while still keeping the 1 3 4 door width required by standard sliding barn door hardware.