In this project the mounting board was painted black and the edges rounded slightly for a more finished appearance.
Interior barn door header board.
There should be one inch of space between the barn door and the wall frame.
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.
Without the addition of this header board the door track would only have hit something called a header inside the wall which is basically two 2x4s stacked on top of each other in a couple of places over the doorway.
Which is great if you re only ever going to have your door closed.
It will help create a gap between the door and frame.
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.
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.
Learn step by step instructions how to install a rustica hardware support header with our very own kate and paul.
A backer board is only required if you don t have this much space available see steps 3 5 below.