Add 1 to 2 per door for overlap depending on privacy needs.
Outside barn doors dimensions.
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Barn door measuring guide for door openings with casing molding.
In this example the opening width is 32 4.
Most barn door sizes fall anywhere between 36 wide on the shorter side by 96 tall on the longer side.
Measure across for the width and from the top of the casing molding to the floor for height.
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Total door width will be 36.
Ideally the door will cover 2 to 3 inches beyond the opening on each side.
Measure from outside to outside of casing molding.
Add 4 to the measurement and you have your recommended door width.
Using a tape measure begin at the left edge of the opening and measure straight across to the right edge.
Generally most standard barn doors are approximately 36 x 84 or 42 x 80 with enough extra lip to overlap most standard door frames 36 x 80 by an inch or so.
6 x9 12 x9 total 6 x10 12 x10 total 6 x12 12 x12 total 7 x9 14 x9 total 7 x10 14 x10 total 7 x12 14 x12 total.
For example if you have a 30 opening you would order at least a 34 barn door.
Sheetrocked opening no trim or casing width.
Measure from inside to inside of the opening.
To determine the door width add at least two inches to the width of the opening or to the outside dimensions of the door trim.
The width of your opening the height of your opening from the floor to the top of the opening the space between the top of the opening to the ceiling and the width of the right and left walls of your opening.
Sliding doors should extend at least an inch beyond the sides of the opening that don t have trim or an inch beyond the moldings of openings with trim.