Use the drywall anchors spacers and lag bolts to secure the mounting board.
Interior barn door header board.
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.
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.
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A backer board is only required if you don t have this much space available see steps 3 5 below.
It will help create a gap between the door and frame.
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Use a color that matches the door or the trim in your home.
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.
There should be one inch of space between the barn door and the wall frame.