Next place your hinge on the door and trace around the hinge with a pencil.
How to install hinges on a barn door.
Use a utility knife to score the outline.
This length insured that the hinge fasteners went through the doors and into the battens securing the hinges and pulling the door elements together.
To install door hinges on a new door measure and mark where your hinges need to go on the door frame and on the door you re hanging.
Standard on barn hinges are lag screws of sufficient length to anchor firmly into the structure door or shutter.
In this case we used 1 long lag screws.
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The nice thing about the jeld wen barn door kit is you can install the door right over your existing door trim.
With a sharp chisel and hammer cut the wood in the shape of the hinge.
Barn door installation without removing door trim just a quick spackle we removed the standard sized existing basement door as well as the door hinges.
Some barn door hardware kits contain templates for locating the rollers and other items on the door and some doors have predrilled holes.
With this step by step guide you ll have stylish functional barn doors hanging in your house in no time.