Sliding Barn Door Install

[SH7mi]

I'm about ready to hang my sliding door on the new workshop/shed. I have no experience with sliding barn doors, the R.O. is 5'-2 1/2'x 6'-9 1/2". The finished door will be 5'-6" wide. This will be an exterior hanging door. My concerns are weather/rust on hardware, sealing the door and also securing/locking the door. I installed cats in the framing for the track attachment. What else do I need to know/do?

 

[Firebird 1]

Hardware should be galvanized to help with rust. You can always put a board on top at a pitch to direct water off, as far as sealing, theres a reason they are barn doors. If you want something that is weather/airtight there are better options. A simple clasp on the outside with a padlock does the trick. These things are meant to be utilitarian.

 

[tjdux]

Do you have a standard man door? The best way to seal a barn door to to clamp it tight on the inside. They make a cantilevered door latch that hooks to the door and pulls the door tight aginst the wall.

They also make metal trim that will extend out over the exterior hardware.

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[rburke65]

You tube has to have videos on barn door installation as well as Tractor Supply and Google.

 

[SIKPUP]

Tractor Supply has all the hardware . A sliding door it easy to open in the snow !

 

[SH7mi]

I'm not looking for an air tight seal, just something to keep critters out. This is the only entrance.

 

[MushCreek]

I have big sliders (12 x 12 opening) on my barn, and learned a few things. First, you need to have a shield over the top, or water pours in during a wind-driven rain. Locking/securing them from the outside will be tricky. When I first hung mine, anything smaller than a cat could get in. I have barrel bolts on each door to prevent them from being opened. I also installed draw latches to pull them tight (sort of) against the frame. Critters can still get under the bottom, but I plan to put spacers to minimize the opening. When I poured the driveway, I created a channel that the doors run in, but it's way too wide. The spacers will fill that in, to an extent.

Personally, I don't think a barn door is good for the only access. If you padlock it, bolt cutters or a cordless grinder let the dirt bags in in seconds.

 

[SH7mi]

I have big sliders (12 x 12 opening) on my barn, and learned a few things. First, you need to have a shield over the top, or water pours in during a wind-driven rain. Locking/securing them from the outside will be tricky. When I first hung mine, anything smaller than a cat could get in. I have barrel bolts on each door to prevent them from being opened. I also installed draw latches to pull them tight (sort of) against the frame. Critters can still get under the bottom, but I plan to put spacers to minimize the opening. When I poured the driveway, I created a channel that the doors run in, but it's way too wide. The spacers will fill that in, to an extent.

Personally, I don't think a barn door is good for the only access. If you padlock it, bolt cutters or a cordless grinder let the dirt bags in in seconds.

Do you have any pictures ?

 

[MushCreek]

Pictures of what? I have a few of the doors from further away. I could take some of the details like the barrel bolts and draw latches. let me know what you want to see.

 

[Stuart in MN]

I'm not looking for an air tight seal, just something to keep critters out. This is the only entrance.

It may keep out cats or raccoons, but a barn door that can't be secured from the inside is not going to stop mice or small vermin.

 

[SH7mi]

Pictures of what? I have a few of the doors from further away. I could take some of the details like the barrel bolts and draw latches. let me know what you want to see.

Just a few, straight on showing the facade of your barn. I have not made the door yet and looking for design ideas.

 

[MushCreek]

I'll take some pics this weekend. My doors are wood, but the best ones I've ever seen were made with a welded steel frame with wood infill screwed on. Strong, good-looking, and they won't warp. I was going to make mine that way, but didn't have access to my equipment to make the frames. Mine are a layer of 3/4" plywood with wood tongue and groove on the outside. They weigh a ton, but they are holding up well so far (6 years).

 

[MushCreek]

Here's some pics of mine. I see they need paint! Some pics of the top rollers, with the rain shield, the bottom guide roller, the trough they run in, and the last pic is the inside. The barrel bolt secures it; the draw latch pulls it tight to the frame.

 

[bob15]

I prefer the square box trolley set-up from National Hardware which has the flashing built-in and is face mounted: http://www.natman.com/detail/59-face-mount-box-rail-n106-112

I used these rollers: http://www.natman.com/detail/5087-box-rail-hangers-n183-913


The below door is about 11.5' high and 14' long