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Two barn doors side by side with 12 in between.
Two barn doors will be more expensive than one but there are situations where double barn doors will fit your space and design plan better.
July 12 2017 at 6 38 pm.
The sliding door hardware or barn door kit that you purchase with your double barn doors can be configured to help you achieve different functions for your double barn doors.
Space is the first consideration when deciding what type and size of barn door to hang.
Generally most standard barn doors are approximately 36 x 84 or 42 x 80 with enough extra lip to overlap most standard door frames 36 x 80 by an inch or so.
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.
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Double barn doors also known as bi parting doors can function as traditional interior sliding doors pocket doors bypass sliding doors bi fold doors and more.
Barn doors need at least as much wall space beside the door as the doorway is wide.
Once you ve bought the correct size door and hardware open the package and make sure you have all the right pieces.
For double barn doors you ll install two full sets of hardware centered in the middle of the door opening.
We had a small 1 2 gap near the bottom when we tried the first time.
You ll need to make sure they hang straight and there are no gaps in between the two doors when they slide shut.
This is what the other side of the barn doors look like when they are closed.