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Install Backer Board and Rail on Wall

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Building a Modern Sliding Barn Door

What happens here

Tools and materials

  • Backer Board (1x4 or 1x6 solid wood)
  • Drill
  • Impact Driver
  • Level
  • Painter's Tape
  • Pencil
  • Stud Finder
  • Lag Bolts
  • Screws
  • Spacers

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every time all right so overall here's the kit so we saw the actual hangers on the door these are the rails that is going to run by these two kind of click in like puzzle pieces these are the little spacers with the lag bolts now here's the most important part typically yes you could imagine just mountain these things straight to the drywall but the reason you want to do this one or two things number one drywall tends to sink all of your spacers into the wall as you push them in you don't want to do that it changes the gapping and number two you have trim board here so that is another space that's in the way so the solution is problem is you want to pick up some backer anything could be a back piece well the important part is used to be at least 1 by 4 or 1 by 6 and the most important part has to be real wood so when I throw this up there and then mount our railing to it this is probably my second time ever installing a sliding Hardware and I always learned something new every time but it always there's something in the way every single time some kind of heard we need to go over so the best things to always do to prepare is just make sure you identify all of your studs and where they are make sure you put the little backer piece a little hardware piece that the rail actually attaches to and then from that point on and make sure everything's leveled and you'll be just fine

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