A backer board is only required if you don t have this much space available see steps 3 5 below.
Interior barn door header board.
Use the drywall anchors spacers and lag bolts to secure the mounting board.
Which is great if you re only ever going to have your door closed.
It is advised not to install the track directly into the drywall so we first needed to install a header board above our door opening.
Use a color that matches the door or the trim in your home.
The hardware kit does not come with the supplies you will need to install a header board so you will have to get the piece of wood and interior screws separately.
There should be one inch of space between the barn door and the wall frame.
In this project the mounting board was painted black and the edges rounded slightly for a more finished appearance.
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To secure the track to the wall and add support for the heavy barn door cut a 1 x 4 mounting board the same length as but a little wider than the track.