(paint being sprayed)
- Welcome to Mother Daughter projects., I'm Steph.
- I'm Vicki.
- And today we're gonna install a barn door
with all the hardware included.
- [Mother] Now we're standing in front of my hall bathroom
and it's a very small space
and it had an inward facing or inward moving door,
which always was a pain
because you had to literally get all the way
in the bathroom before you could close the door.
So we decided a sliding door would be great
for the space for more function and more room.
- [Daughter] Yeah.
So we actually installed a barn door a couple years ago
in mom's laundry room for about the same reason.
And so when we saw this one at Costco
we realized "this is a good deal, $220"
- Sold!
- Yes. - Put it in the car.
- Yes. Which was a little difficult
'cause it was heavy and awkward, but we got it in the car.
- [Mother] We did and didn't even have to ask for help.
- Yes. But I would suggest bringing an extra buddy,
just in case
And speaking of extra buddy,
my friend Jason was in town
and he's been wanting help with the mother daughter project,
so this was a perfect opportunity
cause this door door was a little heavy.
So we appreciated all the extra hands.
- So, come join us and we should show you
how we install this in about an afternoon.
- Yeah.
We started by unboxing the door.
There's a big red label that says "hardware pack"
So you can't miss it.
We reviewed the instructions
and laid out all the parts to double check
that we had everything.
And then it was time to get started.
Then we removed the door from the box.
The next step with most barn door projects
is to add a header board.
It's unlikely that the holes in the rails are gonna line up
with the studs in our wall.
That's why we have to first add a header board
and then the rail to the header.
We put it in place knowing that we wanted the door
to roll to the right side.
But before we connected anything,
we brought the door in place
just to check that it was aligned correctly
with the header board.
We followed the instructions
and put the header board in place,
which is basically right above the door frame.
The manual has this all written out
but we wanted to double check before we attach everything
because we've installed a barn door before
and we really understand the importance
that everything lines up perfectly.
We marked the header board location
and then mom started to find the studs
in the wall using a magnetic stud finder.
Then we lined up exactly where the studs were
and marked the sticky note
so that we could find the exact location
when the header board was in place.
And before we added the header board
we decided to add the hardware to the door
just to triple check the placement of everything
before we attached the header.
The kit comes with everything you need
and it's very straightforward.
Once we made sure everything was good,
we drilled pilot holes
and then attached the included screws.
It was at this point that we realized
they gave us black screws for a white header board,
and no paint to cover these up. So that was a bit of a fail
but we didn't have time to go buy white screws.
We added eight screws in all and each of us took a turn.
We used the 12 inch carpenter square
to make sure we were lined up with the mark
on the sticky note,
which is how we knew that we were right over our stud.
Once that was done,
we grabbed the rail and figured out the placement.
We followed the manual measurements on this
and it all seemed correct.
So we leveled out the bar and marked the screw holes.
We drilled pilot holes through all four of these,
but before we added the rail,
we added the soft close mechanism to each end of the rail.
And then we attached the roller stoppers.
We held the bar in place and put a spacer behind each hole
and added the bolts.
We started with a hand wrench
and then grabbed our battery powered ratchet
which made quick work of this.
Done.
Jason and I grabbed the door and tested it out,
and it held!
Then we placed the roller stoppers
exactly where we want the door to start and stop.
Then we marked the location of the floor guide.
You would typically screw this into place
but we have tile here,
so we prefer to epoxy it into place,
which is what we did with our first barn door,
and it's still holding strong.
Mom makes the epoxy and put it in place.
This cures in about one hour.
This is an important step as it keeps the door
from swinging out.
Lastly, we adjusted the soft close mechanisms.
We placed the door and screwed in the actuators
on each side.
At first it wasn't working
but we soon realized the top part was a little bit too low,
so we unscrew it and adjusted the height
so that it engaged the soft close.
Then we removed the old door
and mom filled in the old hardware spots
on the door with some bass wood that I cut to size
with my cricut maker machine.
She glued them in place, then puttied around them
and painted the frame white.
Time to test it out.
What we learned? - What we learned?
- This is the manual right here.
And I will say, it's not that great.
The price is great, the manual, not so much,
but we did follow it to a T.
And on the instructions,
there is actually this really long web address
where there's a video.
it's supposed to be a video of the manual
but it actually is a video
that is completely different than the manual.
So I don't recommend necessarily watching that
'cause it made it more confusing,
but we followed the manual
that came with the door exactly.
And that's what we're showing in our video today.
- Now we talked about the screws that were included
for the header are black
and we didn't realize that until we get ready to install it.
I would've preferred white screws.
So, if you don't want black screws that show,
then make sure you get those white screws
well ahead of putting this thing in.
- And also we mentioned the door is kind of heavy.
So when you go to Costco to pick it up
maybe have some extra people there with you
and make sure your vehicle's big enough.
So measure that before you go
because we got it fit in the van that we have
but I don't think it would've fit in anything smaller.
And also it was definitely helpful
to have extra hands when we were installing the door
although mom and I able to carry the door by ourselves
but it was a little difficult,
so having Jason there was definitely helpful.
- [Mother] Now this is a bathroom door
and a bathroom door does need to lock.
And we have tried to find a latch,
we've tried five different latches
and still haven't found one that's gonna work,
but we're gonna keep on it.
And if we find one before this video is finished editing,
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