A Rolling Door: The Perfect Home Accent

Spring is a season of renewal. As Mother Nature begins to bloom and sprout, many people use this time of year to not only clean out the old but to add some new to their homes. If you are feeling like your house needs something to spruce it up, rolling doors might be the solution. Available in a variety of styles, rolling doors make a statement while also serving a functional role in your home.

You’ve perused our catalog and fallen in love with our selection of rolling doors but where do you begin? It only takes four steps to create the perfect rolling door for your home:

1. Choose your preferred rolling barn door configuration
2. Pick the right barn door based on your style
3. Decide on the rolling door hardware that suits your needs
4. Select additional options and finishings for your rolling barn door.

Door Configuration

There are a few options to choose from when it comes to rolling doors configuration: single, double, bypass double, or quadruple. Selecting the right configuration for your home means using your tape measure to ascertain how much space is available.

The single door installation may be used when there is sufficient wall space to the right or the left of the wall opening that is at least 6 inches wider than the actual wall opening. For example, if your wall opening is 36” wide, then you must have at least 42” of available wall space to the right or to the left of the wall opening. Consider an extra-wide single door if you have a wider sized opening that has sufficient wall space.

If wall space is available on both sides of the opening, you might consider a double door installation. The double door installation may be used when there is sufficient wall space on both sides of the wall opening. Each side of the wall opening must have 6 inches plus half of the total wall opening of wall clearance. For instance, if your wall opening is 60 inches wide, then you must have at least 36 inches of available wall space to the right and to the left of the wall opening.

For a double door installation, you will need two doors and two rolling door hardware kits. The rails from each of the two kits meet in the center above your wall opening. The rail connector is an available option that mounts across the joined ends of two door rails for a seamless double door configuration.

If there is little or no wall space on either side of the wall opening, then you might consider the double bypass door installation. The bypass door installation may be used when there is insufficient wall space to the right and/or the left of the wall opening for a traditional barn door installation. A double bypass installation uses two rolling door tracks instead of one. The second door track is cantilevered in front of the first track. So the doors roll in front and behind of each other.

Functioning similarly to the double bypass, the quadruple bypass door installation requires four rolling doors, four hardware kits, and two bypass rail bracket kits.

Rolling Doors

We stock two series of rolling doors for clients to select from: the Barn Door Series and the Contemporary Series. Both series offers a different aesthetic so you can find the perfect rolling doors to match your own personal style.

• The Barn Door Series: Available in two different Knotty Alder textures: rustic or barnwood. The rustic texture Knotty Alder is available with Traditional, Distressed and Antique finish options.The barnwood texture Knotty Alder features specialty colors, heavily distressed marks, and nail details for an authentic weathered barn wood look and design.
• The Contemporary BarnCraft Series: Available in Birch, a fine textured wood that provides a great surface for painting and staining. Choice of Traditional, Distressed,or Antique stain options and paint colors to match a modern interior.

Rolling Door Hardware

Our barn door hardware kits, available in Gage, Slade, Waggoner, Philmont, and Royal designs, perfectly complement the BarnCraft Collection of rolling doors. Choose from seven different hardware options. Our hardware kits include these premium features:

• Smooth, quiet gliding
• High quality powder coated steel in black finish with stainless steel options
• Three rail length options: 79-3/4”, 90”, and 100”
• Weight capacity of 220 lbs.

Additionally, each hardware kit includes:

1. Stand-off Bracket (x5)
2. Pre Drilled Rail (x1)
3. Floor Door Guide (x1)
4. Bolt (x5)
5. Bolt Wall Anchor (x5)
6. Log Bolt (x5)
7. Log Bolt Wall Anchor (x5)
8. Roller (x2)
9. Stopper (x2)
10. Anti-Jump discs (x2)
11. Allen Wrench (x1)
12. All necessary screws & nuts
13. Installation Guide

The Soft-Close option is also available for all rolling hardware kits. This is an impressive addition to your rolling door installation. Hidden from view, this mechanism ensures a quieter and safer operation of your rolling door by automatically slowing the opening or closing action. No more slamming or jamming issues. Perfect for homes with children, elderly, or those who want the extra ease of use.

Additional Options

The BarnCraft hardware kit is best installed with a header board for added structural support. With this option, the rolling door hardware is mounted directly to the header board, and the header board mounts to the wall. This method ensures that you can secure this assembly directly into wall studs. You may use any wood or plywood material for a header board.

The metal rail used in the BarnCraft door installation is a very heavy duty solid steel flat bar 1-1/2” in height and 1/4” thick. One rail is needed for every door, so a double door installation needs 2 rails. The rail length is dependent upon the width of the door required. The wider the door, the longer the rail needed. The cost of the rail is included in the cost of the kit, regardless of length.

BarnCraft doors may be installed with a locking system for privacy. Specially designed for the BarnCraft Rolling Doors, the privacy lock is made of premium quality steel, powder coated

for durability.

Pull handles in a variety of styles are also available for purchase with your rolling doors. Made of either real stainless steel or hand wrought iron, this accessory is a must-have for your rolling doors.

As you can tell, there are a plethora of options available when it comes to selecting the perfect rolling doors for you home. There is no better time than right now to buy. Through Sunday, April 30, take 10 percent off all barn door and barn door accessory purchases sitewide with promo code EASTER10. Start shopping now and save!