Sliding Barn Door From The Other Side
For double barn doors you ll install two full sets of hardware centered in the middle of the door opening.
Sliding barn door from the other side. Maybe you re supposed to grab onto the trim boards. Most sliding barn doors are designed to only be opened from one side since the wall would get in the way of the handle. The final option is bypass doors. Instead of fastening the barn door rail to drywall first screw a ledger board to the wall studs for a sturdier mounting surface that allows the hanging door to clear the door frame.
You ll need at least as much space on the outside of the door as on the inside to allow room for the door to slide out of the way. Purchase a door that s as tall as the opening height or opening plus trim and 2 inches wider than the door frame to cover the entire opening. This application is great for areas where barn doors are desired but there isn t adequate room on either side of the opening for the door to slide. First be sure you have enough room for barn doors.
In this application the doors overlap and slide over one another so that half of the opening is accessible at any time. If you put a handle on that side it won t rest against the wall when it s open.