Ah Shuang Q&A Issue 27

Hello everyone, today is Ah Shuang Q&A Issue twenty-seven. Today Ah Shuang wants to talk to you about barn doors. Barn doors are very popular right now, and some friends have even given up on sliding doors because of this. So, are barn doors any good? Let’s take a look with Ah Shuang↓↓↓

What are barn doors?

A barn door is a sliding door with rails and pulleys exposed at the top of the door opening. Later, it slowly evolved into a kind of door for home decoration. It becomes an external sliding door that combines pulleys and slide rails. Barn doors are suitable for use in functional rooms, living room partitions, cloakrooms, etc.Especially where decorative door panels are required.

Advantages of Barn Doors

1. Beautiful and durable, can be DIY

The appearance design of the barn door is very special, with a strong American country atmosphere. It is suitable for a variety of house decoration styles. Friends who like DIY can also create creations on the door panels.

2. Reusable

Barn doors can be disassembled If you move, you can directly dismantle it and take it to your new home to reinstall it, which is more flexible than traditional custom doors.

3. Save space

Sliding doors are usually two doors, and the required door openings are also Larger, and the door opening required for barn doors is twice as small as ordinary sliding doors, making them more suitable for small apartment installations.

Disadvantages of Barn Doors

1. High requirements on the wall

The decoration method of the barn door is external hanging type, and the door panel does not directly touch the floor. So all the load-bearing comes from the wall. Cavity walls, self-built non-solid walls, and gypsum board partitions cannot be installed. It must be a solid load-bearing wall, so the nature of the wall must be confirmed before installation.

2. Poor sealing and poor sound insulation

In order to ensure that the barn door slides smoothly, the side gap of the door needs to be reserved about 10~15mm. If there is a Ming-style skirting next to it, the thickness of the skirting must also be adjusted. Counting (15~20mm), at the same time, there needs to be a 10mm gap from the ground, so the sealing and sound insulation effects will be relatively poor. If it is used in the kitchen or room, it will not have the effect of blocking oil smoke and sound in the living room. It would be great.

3. Poor privacy, generally does not include locks

Barn Doors are generally not equipped with door locks, and if they must be installed, they can only be equipped with hasp locks, so they are not suitable for rooms, bathrooms and other places that require private space.

Barn doors have great appearance, but their sound insulation effect is average. The privacy is low, so you should think carefully before installation~