My cleverer than i am brother who also happens to make sliding barn doors for people took one look at my door and suggested i put a sliding latch on it on the inside top of the door with the piece you slide your latch into on the top part of the door frame.
How do bypass barn doors work.
The behind doors are on straight hangers while the front doors have angled hanger that lifts them to hang in front so that back doors can slide behind them.
Then install the door stops door guides and plugs for exposed holes in rails.
Meaning that two doors are in front and two doors are behind.
This youtube video shows how the single track bypass doors open and close.
Last week in my guest room reveal i mentioned the closet doors and how they were one of my biggest diy fails to date.
So let s talk about that.
The final option is bypass doors.
Stand back and admire your work.
A popular choice for closets bypass doors need no room to swing open but they allow access to only one side of a closet at a time.
When you need to access your doorway you can slide both doors to one side and stack them on top of each other.
6 of track will be above the doorway with the other 3 extending to either the left of right.
Hardware kits are available for openings of 4 5 6 and 8 feet.
I was really excited about these and planned to write this great tutorial because really who wouldn t want an awesome diy double bypass sliding barn door system say that five times fast.
Repeat this process for remaining doors.
If there s no wall space on one side of your door opening or if your opening extends from one wall to the other think closet bypass doors could be the answer.
In this application the doors overlap and slide over one another so that half of the opening is accessible at any time.
Slide the bolt through the hole and mount the rolling hardware then drill the bottom hole.
Mounting one track in front of another using a bypass bracket allows doors to overlap.
Do the same for the other side.
To accommodate a different opening width simply cut a standard track with a hacksaw.
If your doors are 3 36 wide then you need to order a bypass kit that has a 9 long track.
This application is great for areas where barn doors are desired but there isn t adequate room on either side of the opening for the door to slide.