SMARTSTANDARD 6.8 FT Barn Door Hardware Kit -Fits 40" Wide Door Panel | Sliding Barn Door Track, Smooth and Quiet, Easy to Install, Includes Step-by-Step Installation Instructions (J Shape Hanger)

The bottom line: This is an attractive, high quality barn door kit, with heavy-duty hardware, available at a very good price. It's easy to install, with excellent instructions. It works well for my sliding catio screen door. The company, SmartStandard, is exceptional and provides superior customer service. I highly recommend this product and buying from SmartStandard. The details: I purchased this barn door kit earlier this year when planning a small catio for a rescued kitten. I bought a used/returned kit to save a few dollars. The catio was planned to fit against the house on a walkway outside bedroom windows from which the cat would access the catio. I did not want a swingout door on the catio front because the catio was going to be adjacent to a patio with an above ground pool and a small rocky garden area with a small potted tree. There was limited room to pass and open a door, and I thought a sliding door would work best. Hanging a door with barn door hardware seemed like the best DIY option (for me, a 63 y/o woman). The catio is constructed with two 7' tall shelving/cabinet units that someone was discarding (which I sanded, primed/sealed & painted for exterior use), connected by a roof (made of 2x4s and corrugated metal), with a stationary screen panel "wall" and a sliding screen door on the front between the two cabinet units. I cut out windows on both sides of the cabinets, on the outer sides for windows (framed with pet proof screen and hardware cloth) and on the insides for the cat to access from the catio main interior. On the front open shelves of the cabinets, I screwed on decorative screen panels, with pet proof screen adhered to the backs of the leaf design panels (to keep insects out and little cat arms/paws in). While I believe the barn door kit is for interior use, I planned an overhanging roof eve over the catio front and sides so it would be sheltered, and I also put up some hooks to hang clear shower curtains (3) stringed on a clothes line around the catio when it rains. The catio is west facing, in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, and could get wind-driven rain. For much of year, it will get a lot of sun. (Raining now, so one of my pics includes the shower curtains.) The catio is 11' wide, 2' deep, 7' tall, with a 7' open space between the cabinets that stand on each side. I used a 7' long 1x6 board between the two cabinets, as a header board on which to mount the barn door rail. While the kit includes heavy duty long screws and anchors for mounting the rail, I bought some nuts and bolts (5/16-18 x 3"), because I was not mounting the rail into a wall but only on to the header board. I was also planning a lightweight screen door. I decided to make the stationary screen panel wall and the sliding screen door both 4' wide, so there would be a foot overlap in the center, for added security. While I was originally going to mount the stationary screen panel wall flush with the header board, I decided to secure the front frame of the screen wall, and a strip of wood vertically on the right (for the door to overlap when closed), to the front of the header board, under the door rail, to narrow the gap between the door and the stationary screen wall the door would slide over. The stationary screen wall and the screen door have screen and hardware cloth stapled on and sandwiched between 3/4" thick wood, making them 1.5" thick around their frames. I also made my own door glides for a secure fit, so I would not have to worry about the cat trying to squeeze out the sides of the door. Since I was working on this primarily by myself, everything took a lot longer than I anticipated. (I had a vision, a general plan in my head, working out the details as I went along, and initially thought it would take a few weeks to a month. It took 4 months after starting the work to completion.) When I finally got to the point of building the door, a few months after purchasing the barn door kit, I found the kit (which I had bought used/returned) was missing the two anti-jump "rubber ends" that attach to the top of the door and prevent it from lifting off the rail. Upon discovering the kit was missing the two small parts, I contacted SmartStandard to see if they could send the missing parts. If not, I was prepared to buy some but thought I'd ask first. I emailed the company at the contact email I found on Amazon. I received a professional, friendly, and gracious response within a day, offering an extremely generous resolution. It was more than I would have asked or expected, and I tried (unsuccessfully) to decline; because the parts were not available to send separately, SmartStandard sent a full replacement kit. The replacement kit arrived within a few days. I can't remember a time in my life when I have received such professional, kind and courteous responses to my customer service inquiries. Each time SmartStandard responded to my emails, including a couple after my initial inquiry about the small missing parts, it was with kindness, professionalism and enthusiasm for my project. The barn door hardware was easy to install. It works perfectly for my catio door, and it looks great. SmartStandard has been absolutely lovely to work with. I will definitely look to SmartStandard's products for other DIY home projects. I recommend this kit and SmartStandard products without reservation.

I love this rails, the price is right and they are made tuff. I was easy to assemble

Looks very pretty. Installation is obviously not for everybody. Depending on door weight, the wall holding it may need a wood beam reinforcement. In our case it did, but other than that looks fantastic. Break mechanism functions properly. Recommended

This sliding barn door kit has worked out perfectly. I do caution you to not over tighten the connecting set screws that hold the rail sections together. I started by using my screw gun which was too quick and powerful and simply snapped off the screw heads - so I ended up drilling out that broken screw and did a thru bolt workaround with a small hex cap. Needless to say the other set screws I hand tightened! When finished and coupled with our custom 4’ wide door it opened smoothly and effortlessly. In our case we put gravity to wirk for us and mounted the rail with a slight drop so the door rolls slowly open and stays open. You could do the reverse to make it close automatically open the rollers are that smooth allowing for a slow gliding soundless action. Very cool.

First of all, we really like the look and function of the rolling hardware. Would we buy again, yes! However, the installation is not for someone who thinks they'll just drill a few holes and slap it up on the wall. We bought two sets that spanned a total of 20ft. Each of the two doors weighed about 85lbs. One set of tracks matched up to the studs behind the sheetrock really well. One did not match any of the pre-existing holes with studs behind the wall. Now that was NOT the manufacturer's fault. My house was just built by someone who could not measure very well. And, it was far from easy to drill new holes in the steel. My biggest piece of advice....get and use a level at every step along the way. Check it, then check it again, then check it again....at every step along the way. The instructions were straightforward and easy to follow along. The packaging and layout of the hardware were well done. However, two of the bolts that held the rollers to the barn door stripped out once we applied the hex nut to the end of the bolt - meaning, there was nothing to screw into. I replaced the bolts, but it was impossible to find black and metric bolts to match what came in the package. So, I'm currently stuck with silver bolts/nuts in two places. If the manufacturer wants to send me new hardware, I'll be happy to adjust the Value for Money rating to 5/5.

I have a 30" arched doorway in my master bedroom that I needed to enclose to the master bathroom. Since it was so narrow I didn't want to put a door there, and it would had to have been custom made. I decided to do a barn door to cut down on the noise my wife makes getting ready in the morning. I built the door and needed hardware to hang it. The big box home improvement stores sell kits for $150+. There is absolutely no reason to spend the money on those, when this is half the price and functions exactly the same. Due to the stud location on the wall, I was not able to hit studs where the factory holes were. It would have pushed the bar too far down and wouldn't have been able to open the door the whole way. Here is where I made my mistake. I decided to drill new holes to line up with my studs and it worked fine. I have extra holes, but nobody has noticed them so it's not a huge deal. An even better way to do it, is to use a 1x backer for the bar to mount to. You can go to your local home improvement and pick up a piece of 1x6 (or any width you want). You mount the 1x backer to your wall and attach it to studs. Since the 1x is on the wall, you can mount the bar to that instead. 1x will have the strength to support your door easily since it's mounted to studs (I would use 3" high quality exterior screws two per stud.) I do plan to take mine down and do something similar so it matches the trim in my room. I like the hardware because it's very quiet, very heavy duty, and significantly cheaper than anywhere else. I did not use the guide for the door because I didn't want to drill in my new wood floors. I ended up buying a barn door wheel and having it modified to work for me. The guide would probably work great if you can use it. Just keep in mind you will need to run your door down the table saw to get a groove in it for the guide. It's actually pretty easy to do.

Nice little kit. Everything I needed to hang a door. It’s not hard. Just be sure it is level. It looks good when completed.

I had an issue with the bump stops. I received two for the left side instead of one for each side, contacted the seller using the support email listed on the instructions....this literally months after I made the purchase. Received a next day response, supplied them with a couple more pictures to confirm the parts and received said parts in 3 days. The unit itself goes together easily. I'll review again when I hang the door... wouldn't hesitate to use this buyer again. the parts Within a few days

El producto es lo que esperaba, llegó a tiempo y el vendedor me dio muy buena atencion