Dilemma mounting barn door track on wall architectural pop-out. Help!
Hi all,
Story - We are in the middle of a master bedroom/bathroom remodel. We've lived too long with a curtain across the opening to the bathroom, and it's too disruptive using it when a spouse is trying to sleep! So, I've built barn doors to install, for privacy and light/sound dampening. Pocket doors will not work due to plumbing and electrical on the bathroom side.
Challenge - I need your help with ideas for mounting the track. It's an 8' long track which will have double 24" doors hanging on it. The architectural pop-out makes mounting the track a challenge. It is 4.5' across and accommodates 3 of the 5 track mounting holes. However, each end of the track - with one mounting hole each - hang over by 21" on per side. Essentially, the middle mounts normally (where the curtain rod is seen), but it leaves a huge gap of 6" from wall to track for the two holes on the ends. I realize I can buy really long lag bolts to cover the gap, but that would look pretty rough! I considered mounting wood blocks to cover the gap and secure the ends, but thought that would look pretty bad too.
Question - What would you do to bridge the barn door track gap, while both securing the ends and still looking aesthetically pleasing? Please help! I've searched everywhere and exhausted my ideas. I'm eager for any other thoughts or ideas that can help!
Thank You!
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ci_lantro
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Comments (19)Elphaba, I'm in Houston. We have completely gutted our "new" house and are in the process of rebuilding. Throughout the house, we have installed pockets for 4 pocket doors. One of those is in the master bath. I am really excited to be getting those doors out of the way. I can share my experience. We have 3 pocket doors in our office here, and we have not had any problems. The office is on a slab, and the thermostat is only kept at a comfortable level 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. This means that it gets fairly humid in there on the weekends. The office pocket doors are rarely used, but when I do use them, they work just fine. They were installed about 3 years ago without any problems. It's true that it is humid outside, but I wouldn't think with central air that it would be any more humid than anyplace else on the inside of your house. Of course a bathroom is more humid than other rooms, but if your cabinet hardware isn't sticking or rusting, I would think that the pocket door would behave in the same way. At least that's what I'm hoping since we just installed 4!!! My vote is for the pocket door. Best of luck with your project! Enduring, that's great info on the pocket doors. Thank you for sharing. This post was edited by TXBluebonnet11 on Fri, Jun 21, 13 at 3:13...See MoreConsidering Wall Mounted Sliding Door
Comments (6)I had the same problem - the wall I wanted to install the Johnson pocket doors contained pipes and vents. No can do. Instead, I first wall mounted them, then built a new 2X4 wall to hide them. At the doors, the drywall mounted to the sides of the pocket door assembly. Yes, the wall is unusually thick and I lose a little of the room, but no one has noticed, I have beautiful French pocket doors and I avoided the barn door look. In my opinion, using the barn door concept just looks like nothing better could be done but to slap it on the wall. But there is nothing wrong with it if that is what you like and it is much less bother than building a new wall, mudding, sanding, painting, trim, etc....See MoreDoorway covering: Barn doors vs curtains
Comments (12)But you have those large windows in the room and you're worried about someone seeing you in PJ's from the front door? The only thing I would do is cover the built in shelves opening with drywall. Would not remove them because I think they are there to support the header for the opening. As well as define the living area space from the entry space. Barn doors. Just No. Totally wrong stylistically. Will scream 'Look at ME'. Won't be a small mistake that you can overlook; barn doors will be a HUGE mistake. Curtains, only if you must because they're a less expensive mistake and an easy one to rectify. I like the 'gun ports'. I do not think I would cover them (but I'm not seeing the whole room and I might change my mind once the shelves are drywalled over). I may like the gun ports because I can look at them and avoid looking at the built-in 'colonial-looking' shelves. Would not install French doors nor a transom. Will just muddle up the look, be in the way because I'm betting that they will remain open 95% of the time, serve no worthwhile purpose, add expense and be something else to clean....See MoreShoji-look (or barn door maybe)slider window for interior wall opening
Comments (16)Hope the photos help you envision what I'm talking about. We literally just purchased this 2nd home, townhouse (photo is from day 2 after purchase). It's a middle unit, so light is limited. In the room shown above, the wall opposite the cut out has a large slider door to a very private patio. The kitchen is completely interior and for natural light only has those 2 pass-through windows which both have nice views through another room to the outside. When we gut the kitchen, I'd like to keep the size of this pass through/cut out and enlarge the one on the other side of the kitchen. There maybe I'd also cut a door opening into the dining room on that side. But, back to my original question. When we re-do the kitchen (soon) we'd remove the bar counter where the stuff is sitting now. Then, I'd like to put my shoji screen across the opening. I'd prefer to just have a shoji-type window the size of the cut out. But, I can maybe see that a full length door might work with it acting as a frame to the sides of the pass through when the window is completely opened up. This is a fairly contemporary design as far as the architecture of the unit itself, and I plan to furnish it with a contemporary feel with Japanese and Scandinavian influences. We also intend to put in a frosted glass door (type and size TBD) where the opening to the hall (top photo) at the left of the cutout is. With these changes we hope to be able to use this room very occasionally for overflow during large family gatherings for a guest bedroom. Our primary goal for the room though is to have some sort of separation for when one person wants to have at least some semi-sound seclusion from the rest of the main floor which is very open. We though we could accomplish this by adding the door and a sliding shoji window. Maybe we're wrong. We know there will still be noise, but it is better than having everything completely open. Thanks for your ideas....See MoreAaron Leff
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2 years agoHi there, I have a similar pop out framed arch entry that I would love to have double 15 inch barn doors over. Aaron, how did your project turn out? Seems like my options are rip the framing out or build up the wall left and right side.
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