Barn Door Into Metal Studs

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.

Barn door into metal studs. The door is solid mdf and weighs 200 lbs including the metal rail and sliding wheels. 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. Instead of the anchors you ve been looking at though i would go with toggle bolts.

To date i ve installed a 1x4x80 wood backing board across 5 metal studs with strap toggles going through the studs. The rail is 78 75 and the door is 96x36. Hello all this may not be right forum but here goes. I am looking for advice.

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. Now you can screw in the railing system for a nice and secure hold. I was hoping that the doors would protect the stuff in. When installing the railing system you must make sure that it s level across the top.

I chose to tackle step one installing the barn door track with the existing closet doors still attached. And being in a condo i m unfortunately plagued with metal studs. Wood metal or concrete we offer hardware to mount to any surface. To cut individual steel studs and tracks use straight cut aviation snips photo 1.

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. Stud bar is a gym quality welded 14 gauge steel bomb proof pull up bar. 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.

They re long enough to go through all the drywall and can support more weight per screw. Once it s level locate the studs above the door opening and install the headboard. I purchased a 42 barn door from rusticahardware. Split barn door 36 in x 84 in white prefinished 2 panel molded composite barn door hardware included item 1604351.