How would you fill the gap in these sliding barn doors?
I planned very hard to have a double sliding barn door installed as part of a basement finishing project. In order to leave space for the baseboard and quarter round which will be exposed once the doors are closed, we put in a header and side trims even though they are not required. I do like the finished look these extra trims provide. But, sigh....but once the doors are put up, the gaps on both sides are so big they are hard to ignore. The small room on the other side will be used as my office and occasionally I may record a song or two as a hobby but no blasting of speakers and the basement is quiet enough that I probably don't need to soundproof the doors. And most of the time they will be left entirely or half open. But my husband insists on filling the gap with something, thinking down the road it could be used as an extra bedroom (and who knows, maybe he doesn't want hear me sing in the middle of the night either :P)
The gap is a little less than 1" and the side trim is 3/8" deep where we can nail or adhere something. I checked out every type of weather stripping at HD, Lowes, Amazon, etc. Can't find anything that would fit tightly and not too cheap looking. Should we consider a strip of wood trim instead? Should it be attached to the outer edge of the doors or onto the side trim? I've seen quite a few applications of barn doors with headers. Can't figure out from the pictures how they deal (or maybe not deal) with the gap issue.
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Annie Deighnaugh
10 years ago
Sms
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Filling gap between double doors
Comments (18)Do the doors form a perfect straight line at the bottom? Might it be possible to adjust the fixed door so that it locks more toward the inside? That would make the existing system line up with the sill edge and close the gap. Aother way to close it is to add a piece of something to the sill at the void (in front of the current sill line) like a block of black rubber glued down w/some super adhesive sealant. Much thicker w-s on the astragal would do nearly the same thing as moving the door back. If thick enough it would close the gap. It will make the locks operate with much greater effort, because they will probably grind against their strike plates....See MoreCrash course on doors? Pocket Doors, sliding barn door and swing doors
Comments (36)"I went to work in an office that had a pocket door that never worked right because someone had driven nails into it at some point and it was never the same after" (palimpsest) Yes. This happened to us when DH nailed the baseboard on the wall between the laundry and kitchen. The door came off track. When we renovate I will replace or remove. However, this was builder grade. On our extension I added three pocket doors. The one I had put in for the powder room is a solid core door, not thinner than most doors, as I wanted as much sound-dampening as possible with such a device. We used Johnson Hardware - not the home depot variety which runs $ 40 or so, but commercial grade. Look at the Johnson site under 1500 Commercial Grade and you will also find non-standard size frames (door max thickness 1 3/4"). Use a good carpenter....See MoreHow to install double sliding barn doors
Comments (5)There isn't one, even with custom doors. Yes, they will swing.. Close /frame/case the play area to a six foot opening and use two doorss/french on a ball catch. Match to the other interior doors in your home...or do glass single pane or divided light. Skip the barn....See MoreHow do I fill this gap on my floor?
Comments (9)Do NOT fix laminate floor edges with filler. These are NOT wood floors. The click system is not engaged properly. Whomsoever installed the floors did not get the edges to click properly. To *fix the one plank with the gap in the middle of the plank, you MUST fix the planks around it. If you look above the plank at the two planks (short edges meeting) you can see the planks are NOT perfectly aligned. Even that 'snick' of a misalignment and you get the gap on ANOTHER RUN. In other words, fix the alignment for the planks AROUND the gapping. Or else this is going to get worse. The floor looks newly installed. How old is it? Who installed it?...See Moresnowang
10 years agoTop of the door attached. I'll also take some pictures to show the inside of the doorway.
Yes, I am worried about the trim scraping the doors, esp. since the doors can wobble a little bit on the guide. Maybe some type of soft material would be better than wood? Terminating on either end will be hard. If this is how barn doors are supposed to look, maybe I can talk my husband into staying put.
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PROPainting & Decorating Contractors of CA, Inc.
6 years agoHere is what I did...weatherstripping. The photos don't do it justice...it is nearly undetectable
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I have a narrow hallway with a bathroom door that opens out. For years I have not been able to put runners/rugs in the hall because of the door. I had planned to put a pocket door in but recently was told that because of the light switch wiring it was not possible and the suggestion was made that I install a barn door which I did. I did not know that there will be a gap once the barn door was installed, the gap it’s too large to ignore. You can clearly see a person sitting on the toilet or standing at the sink, aaagh!. I tried the weatherstrip as suggested here but it did not work so then I came up with the idea of attaching “L” shaped trim. I have attached photos and it works perfectly!You have to attach the trim on both sides of the door frame
and the bolts for the tracks had to be turned around so that they will not catch on the trim.
Kimberley Broyles
2 years agoI hope you all know how helpful this thread is, years later. We just had a couple of screened barn doors installed on our veranda. As such, we're not concerned about noise or privacy. ;) However, we do want to close the gaps and keep the bugs out. Because of the patio slab settling through the 60+ years, nothing's quite square (is it ever?). Would brush door sweep be best since the doors are unfinished, unpainted cedar and therefore maybe more abrasive? The floor is unfinished concrete and the door frames are unfinished treated pine.
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