Wow, well done !

this looks great... but I'm curious, is there now a gap at the bottom of the doors at the floor? It appears the top of the doors are now sitting a little higher than originally when inside the door frame with the barn door hardware.... Love the family pic!!

Nice idea!

In response to the about the gap at the bottom of the door by the floor- Yes there is always a gap under the doors to allow clearance for them to slide. Our recommended distance with this RLP V track sliding door hardware we sell is 1/2" under the door. As for more or less than swing doors with hinges that just depends on what the swing doors have to clear. Generally sliding doors could have less of a gap than swing doors because they are less likely to run into obstructions like floor rugs. Also the appearance the top is higher is because the opening was reduced in size on the top and sides to allow overlap with the sliding doors. Since the same doors were reused the existing opening had to shrink in order to use the same doors over again. We recommend about 1 1/2" overlap on three sides.

thank you... this helps!

this is the very first application of barn door hardware that makes sense to me.

Can I have one door fixed & the other on the track?

Looks great.

Yes you can have one door fixed and the other on the track. You can see a picture of this here: https://www.reclaimedlumberproducts.com/contact-us and https://www.reclaimedlumberproducts.com/sliding-wood-doors We build custom doors. Sometimes we make the fixed door a different size to match the opening and the sliding door larger to overlap the opening. You can have just sliding door on the track. Alternatively you could put both on the track and just make one of them not able to move.

I want to use barn doors to close both my closet and bathroom doorways (each 42") Is it possible to set it up so they can overlap when both doorways are open?

Oops, 32"

Looks good!

@falling_leaves I am assuming both openings are on the same wall. It would be hard to do with a barn track system. You would somehow have to install two tracks one on top of the other with spacers and then one of the doors would stand quite a ways off the wall when closed which would reduce privacy and might not look visually appealing. If the idea of the door far off the wall does not bother you too much, do an internet search for a "by-pass track system".

It looks wonderful! Love how you removed the old casing and wrapped the drywall!

https://whiteshanty.com/

I'm a little late to the show here, but better late than never.! I am currently doing much the same as the in the article, converting full glass French doors to sliding doors. I removed the casing and down sized the opening by 1 1/2" sides and top, and finished it off with drywall bull nose corners.

My question is, what are you using for door pulls? One of my doors has a standard knob and latch, the other doesn't have a knob, just plain. I'm thinking about either using 2 1/8" round pulls which will replace the knob on one door, and drill the other door to use the same, matching pull. My other option is to fill the one hole and not have any pulls, just leave it plain and use the window edge as a pull. It looks like you had knobs on both doors and replaced them with the round pulls, but it's hard to see in the picture. What pulls did you use? Decisions, decisions..

TY

@donn2390 Thanks for reaching out. In this project the holes from the knobs are still empty and not yet filled. I am not sure what the homeowner ended up doing with those holes. We do a lot of sliding doors though and have seen the full gamut of handles to no handles. We don't have handles on the sliding door in our home. It works fine with no handle. However, if you do want something any cool cabinet or drawer pulls that match the feel of the room are great.

If you do want handles on both sides, we make a very low profile option that allows the doors to open fully with easy clearance on the backside of the door.

https://reclaimedlumberproducts.com/product/sliding-door-handle

Hope this helps! Good luck with the project. You are going to be happy--it makes the room so much more functional.

Like the look. sure does look sturdy. Im interested in installing one-single door. How does one "lock" one of these doors?

Yes that would work. Im thinking from the inside also. Where do you find this hardware? Thank you for this info

Barn doors are the end of their trend. I think you're going to be tired of them in 5 years. Maybe pocket doors?

@petrablock you are definitely correct, barn doors are a current trend. However, they are also very functional. As such, I am wondering if the trend will stick around for a while. We make a LOT of doors and always try to counsel customers away from pocket doors--they never function well. We recently did an awesome new construction project. The customer went with a few pocket doors and now they are having a terrible time getting them to function well. The sliders are a lot more forgiving.