A friend with an antique house had a similar problem with clearance and an odd sized doorway. They had the original door cut down the middle to become a pair of smaller doors.

Photos?

Could you do french doors?

We re-hung the door from our LR to the sunroom. It had originally been a screened porch, closed in with sliders by previous owner. The door opening into the LR was a nightmare. It now opens into the sunroom and lies nicely up against the wall. Just imagine that jutting out over the opening to the DR (which also has french doors, which I like and use)!

The sliding door works, I just can't give up the dream of having this be a big opening that lets me continue the LR onto the SR, if that makes sense? I hate to close it up with sidelites, but a couple of people have recommended those and if I can figure out a configuration that makes it work I will try.

Another option might be folding doors with 3-4 panels, but I get the impression that might be far more expensive.

No barn doors but sliders that look like french doors might work I would like to see pictures of your style for sure. you could do something like this or with no grids

Barn doors don't even belong on barns. They air seal so poorly that no one sensible uses them when livestock are sheltered within. For a tractor shed, maybe.

To do a large opening between two rooms requires a large header. That means tearing the wall apart, and rebuilding it to carry the weight of that formerly exterior wall. The fact the sunroom poorly converted means you really need exterior grade doors to keep the main part of the home temperature controlled.

Youre talking 1K per foot for one of the sliding stacking doors like La Cantina. Plus the structural work. Or stick with the 1K standard sliding patio door with the structural work for the header.

If what you have works fine, leave it alone. It looks just fine. It's good to have that straight view to more windows of woods and view of the animals.

live wire the opening is plenty big and requires no new header and we have no idea if heat is aproblem anyway.

Barn door spammer guy needs to take a hike. F L A G

They comment mostly in discussions where barn doors are at least part of the topic. The phone number and link to their website is a bit tacky though.

@greendesigns Spammer? @Mark hmm....

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Obviously didn't get the hint.