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Barn doors that angle into the entry way

Home Improvement Asked by Heather Mckeage on January 17, 2021

I have just installed barn doors into a livingroom entry. (approx 6ft opening) It is 2 doors on a single track with offset. The issue I’m having is the doors are angling INTO the entryway. There is sufficient wall clearance at the top of the doors but the bottom of the doors are rubbing at the bottom of the wall. Any ideas how to fix this problem?

2 Answers

Without a bottom track, I can think of three issues:

The wall is not vertical (plumb) but the doors are.

The doors are not plumb, which means they are not attached correctly to hang straight underneath the track support (such as you mounted the door on the wrong side of the hanger.)

There's an air current pushing the doors into the wall (such as a duct blowing into the space and a return on the other side of the doors.)

Answered by Ecnerwal on January 17, 2021

You need a Floor guide. Most are installed on the floor, sometimes they attach to the wall at the base of the door.

They come in a variety of kinds, some just plane plastic, some with rollers, some adjustable ETC.

You can buy them or you could make something from materials you already have on hand. It really is just a tab or roller that keeps the bottom of the door from swinging into or away from the wall.

You should check with the manufacturer of your doors track/hardware to see if they have one that matches the spacing of the tracks you have. If not it will not be difficult to place one at the appropriate distance from the wall to match that spacing.

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Answered by Alaska Man on January 17, 2021

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