Barn Door Into Metal Studs

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

Barn door into metal studs.

Hello all this may not be right forum but here goes. If you don t have the room check out our tutorial on how to install a bypass barn door and hardware. 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. Once it s level locate the studs above the door opening and install the headboard.

To cut individual steel studs and tracks use straight cut aviation snips photo 1. 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. I purchased a 42 barn door from rusticahardware.

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. Split barn door 36 in x 84 in white prefinished 2 panel molded composite barn door hardware included item 1604351. Frameport 36 in x 84 in espresso stained wood pine barn door hardware included item 1454624.

To date i ve installed a 1x4x80 wood backing board across 5 metal studs with strap toggles going through the studs. I realize these are designed to lag bolted into wood studs but i am looking to install onto wall with metal studs. When installing the railing system you must make sure that it s level across the top. 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. For pricing and availability. Weight is approx 300 with all hardware. I chose to tackle step one installing the barn door track with the existing closet doors still attached.

Wood metal or concrete we offer hardware to mount to any surface. 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. I am looking for advice.