Barn Door Into Metal Studs

The rail is 78 75 and the door is 96x36.

Barn door into metal studs.

Split barn door 36 in x 84 in white prefinished 2 panel molded composite barn door hardware included item 1604351. Stud bar is a gym quality welded 14 gauge steel bomb proof pull up bar. And being in a condo i m unfortunately plagued with metal studs. To cut individual steel studs and tracks use straight cut aviation snips photo 1.

Wood metal or concrete we offer hardware to mount to any surface. Now you can screw in the railing system for a nice and secure hold. Hello all this may not be right forum but here goes. Frameport 36 in x 84 in espresso stained wood pine barn door hardware included item 1454624.

Edit missed the metal stud discussion at first for metal studs especially aluminum i would continue on with your idea of load balancing with anchors. However when i started to act on that advice i realized that my house has metal studs so i m back to get advice on how best to finish this project. I am looking for advice. For pricing and availability.

I purchased a 42 barn door from rusticahardware. To date i ve installed a 1x4x80 wood backing board across 5 metal studs with strap toggles going through the studs. I recently posted about a barn door project i m working on and received some great advice from the diy community about how best to mount the rail from the available studs. I was hoping that the doors would protect the stuff in.

Instead of the anchors you ve been looking at though i would go with toggle bolts. The door is solid mdf and weighs 200 lbs including the metal rail and sliding wheels. They re long enough to go through all the drywall and can support more weight per screw. If you need to cut dozens of metal studs and tracks quickly use a circular saw fitted with a toothless carborundum metal cutting blade 7 when cutting individual steel studs or tracks with a circular saw cut on the closed or web side and support the piece tightly on sawhorses.

I m excited that the new barn door system will allow us to open the barn door and see into the entire closet which will also give us better access to the crawl space. Weight is approx 300 with all hardware. If you don t have the room check out our tutorial on how to install a bypass barn door and hardware. When installing the railing system you must make sure that it s level across the top.