1. Installation requirements
One of the most important things to do before installing a barn door is to see what type of material your walls are. Be sure to install on load-bearing walls, load-bearing beams, red brick or concrete poured walls.Try not to install it on the walls made of foam bricks and hollow bricks. If you're rebellious, you have to pretend, that's fine too.
Use long screws to penetrate the wall, and then use enlarged spacers to disperse the force points, increase the contact area, increase the friction force, and distribute the weight of the door to a larger force area.Another method is grouting in the drilled hole.
In addition to the requirements for the wall, the wall above the door opening should also be greater than 16cm, which is the usual track width. If there is a door cover, also leave the width of the door cover.
In order to ensure smooth push and pull, the gap on the side is about 10-15mm. If there is a clear skirting line next to it, the thickness of the skirting line must also be counted. At the same time, leave a gap of 10mm from the ground to avoid ground friction. The width of the door panel should be larger than the width of the door opening, and the width of the wall next to the door opening should be larger than the width of the door panel.
It should be noted that the holes for the hanging rods should be carefully drilled. When installing the hanging rods, you must be careful. Otherwise, if you are not right, you will have to punch a lot of holes, which will cause headaches when you look at the wall full of holes. And if you can't hang up the door at the end, it's even more painful.
2. How to customize?
Barn doors are not hard to buy. Door panels and hardware are available online and in building materials marketplaces.
The main hardware of the barn door is the hanging rail for hanging the door body and the swing stopper on the ground. The wooden door must be installed with a swing stopper, and the glass door can be disturbed. The quality of the track determines the safety factor and experience of the door. Therefore, it is very important to choose a good quality track, which is more critical than the door itself.
You can customize and buy hardware online; you can also buy hardware online and customize door panels in the building materials market.
3. How much will it cost?
There are many factors that affect the price: door panel material, hardware (including: rail, hanging rail, stopper, swing stopper, anti-separation block, screw, etc.), workmanship, coating, area size.
Under normal circumstances, about 1000-2000 yuan is the choice of more people. It needs to be based on the actual customization situation.
4. Personalized design
The appearance + practicality seems to be the factor that makes the barn door popular. If you are interested in personalized barn doors, you can also choose the following types of barn doors.
Barn Door + Bookshelf
It is more practical, with high appearance, strong fashion sense, gentle and quiet.
Barn Door + Changhong Glass
The combination of two popular products is also the love of many people. The light transmittance of Changhong glass is much higher than that of ordinary door panels, and the transparency of the space is instantly improved by several steps.
Barn door + chalkboard
Cute and playful. Usually you can doodle at will, and your daily list or tips can also be recorded on it. It can also be customized as a magnetic blackboard, which becomes another safe place for refrigerator magnets.
Barn door + mirror
It is very practical and can enhance the sense of hierarchy of the space.
Barn doors with hidden tracks, aka ghost barn doors
The whole is stronger and beautiful. But without the rustic feel of the accessories that are unique to barn doors, it’s more minimal.
Summarize
Seeing this, you should have a clue in your heart.
If the layout and needs of your home do not require high functional requirements for interior doors, and you want personalized and stylish items, then you can consider barn doors.
