No barn doors for bathrooms. They provide no privacy and no barrier for smells, noises, and moisture. Either frame it for a regular door or put in a pocket door.

We install barn doors all the time for customers, and we order majority of our barn doors through RusticaHardware.com. Your local Sunburst Shutters may be able to assist you as well. Best of luck!

I totally agree and that was the original reason to remove the heavy glass sliding door that was there. Must have cost the previous owner thousands.

The original intention was to replace it with a traditional door and your post confirmed I had the right instincts.

The doorway as you can see in the picture is framed with tile. The opening is 27.5" x 78".

A 24" door should be able to open albeit a bit tight.

Thank you for your post. Very appreciated

If you like the light, put in a french door with obscured glass...or plain glass and then get frosted film for privacy.

I would make sure you cant see shapes with the frosted glass as it looks like the toilet is right in front of the door. Nice looking bathroom btw!

That's a really good point rockybird and I tend to agree. We're thinking the same thing and this is getting simpler (and cheaper! I think solid doors make best sense for this bathroom. We were taking design cues from a design we never liked much that the old owner had done.

a pocket door would be a great solution but too complicated and messy to do at this point. We've been living with a black curtain on a rod for about a year!

I agree with your idea of going with a contemporary sliding door mounted to the wall and with frosted glass only if it is highly opaque.

I like barn doors when done right, if appropriate to the space. I don't think one works here. A nice, solid, regular door...

agree, but if you will be doing a regular door, you need to see if it can swing into the right without hitting the toilet, and if there is room for it to sit against the wall. if not, you will have a door that will swing out towards the hall.

It's too bad the people didn't think ahead and put in a pocket door. Is this just for the master bedroom? if it's just for you and your partner, the sliding door issue may not be as big as a deal as say a guest bathroom. At least for me it isn't. I had an open vanity area and no door at all to the shower/toilet area for the longest time. it just depends on how comfortable you are w/the other half. But if this is a guest bathroom, then yeah, no sliding door.

If you do decide on the slider, just get a slab door w/single frosted glass. about 150-200 bucks. get the slider hardware on eBay, about $80

Is the door threshold tiled all the way around?

Beth H, Thank you for the comment. There's at least 2" of clearance for the door to open into the bathroom and not hit the toilet. If there wasn't, I would get some sort of sliding door as I'd really not like the door opening outwards.

There were many better ways to design the bathroom but I'm glad at least we don't have to do a renovation as we are doing on the hall half bath!

We're back to the original intention and feel good our instincts were correct in removing the glass barn door she has installed.

Richfield95 - Yes the threshold is tiled on the bathroom side. I don't foresee any problem with retrofitting in a solid 24" single panel door. Now just have to find a supplier (and installer)!

Just found a picture of the door to the bathroom when we bought it about a year ago..First thing we did was remove the door...and the floors and the doors..haha...maybe went a little to far and fast as we have lived with no doors for over a year!

Hi Controlit,

Greetings from a fellow NY'er and YES, we have a barn door on our bathroom and LOVE it!

So much extra space without having a regular swinging door, many people who live in huge homes with garages, basements, linen closets etc don't get it.

We have a threshold, it's no problem.

We got ours at Lowes, hubs easily installed it, but it's wood, not frosted glass.

It's one of the first things our twentysomething nieces/nephews commented on, they loved it.

We haven't had any problems with smells and such, if your $h!t smells that bad, your door shouldn't be the thing concerning you... ;)

Hi Janie!

Would love to see pictures. We have decided to not get frosted glass at the very least. Most likely, we will go with a traditional door but would like to see yours too!

Thanks for the post and have a great holiday!

Mark

controlit,,,hmmm. I have to say I don't think it was that bad! The door part,,not the colors! When you said barn door, people thought of a 'barn door'. this is not a barn door!

I actually have a double "barn door" for my water closet and love them.

be prepared to have your inner space look a bit more crowded w/the addition of a door. I actually liked that modern version sliding door. And I bet they dropped some cash for that as well.

doors you could consider (and you can get any type of glass you want)

The area looks too small for a barn door to me. Also, agree that the style is on its way out. A pocket door would look great!

Beth H, thank you for the examples and the comment! I do like the dark wood very much but we are also replacing closet doors and I am unsure if they 'should' match (they usually do to an extent it seems)

I created another topic for the bedroom closet with pictures or 'before' and 'after'.

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/bedroom-closet-door-suggestions-appreciated-dsvw-vd~5037805?n=12

I like the dark wood with the frosted glass. But if we went that way, I'd want the glass to be more opaque than what we had to start with.

Thanks again!

Mark

Hubs had our bathroom door designed for a swing door if you notice the frame.

Janie, thank you for posting the pictures. Really works well in that space!

Beth H: "be prepared to have your inner space look a bit more crowded w/the addition of a door. I actually liked that modern version sliding door. And I bet they dropped some cash for that as well."

I bet the existing door installed, cost the previous owner easily $3,000. It weighed a ton and didn't operate well probably not helped by the fact it was so tall. I didn't see any reason to make it that height..I bet the super of the building still has that door in storage!

lol,,yes,,I was also wondering why they made it so tall!

I'm wondering if you can get that door back from the super - have a glazier cut it down to a more manageable size, mask off and paint on a "frame" that matches your new closet doors. I thought it looked kinda cool but I can see the frustration with the lack of opacity and unwieldy size. Maybe with some lines across it, it would make it a little less see-through. Merry Christmas everyone! I'm baking some last minute treats and had just a few minutes until they're done!

if it's tempered glass, it can't be cut.

You gave the old door to the building super? Couldn't you try selling it?

I am reading this thread with great interest, as I am planning on switching to a 'door on external track' (aka barn door) for the door from my master BR to the master bath. The bath is a nice size but awkward for the door currently swinging inward. Due to internal wall plumbing, a pocket door is not an option. Janie, thank you for posting pics of your door; I am glad to see that the door casing can remain in place, as I didn't want to remove mine.