There are basically two types of barn door hardware. The first is a rustic, flat track sliding door system The second is a more modern roller and track style barn door hardware system. The rustic, flat track sliding door system is perfect for exterior door hardware applications, while the modern roller and track style system is a preferred interior application.
When interior designers ask me about the pros and cons of it sliding hardware kits, I feel like I have to think long and hard about the cons! I love barn for so many reasons, but I will limit it to the top three. Reason number one being that smaller spaces are becoming more and more typical in homes and businesses, and It solves the “wasted door space” issue. Americans in general have taken up the new hobby of downsizing and simplifying in their living and work spaces. This inadvertently means there are more rooms with smaller spaces which need them. Traditionally, they have hung with hinges and have a three to four foot area of “wasted door space”.
This leads me to reason number two. You can install your door as a top rolling door or a bottom rolling one. If you have three to four inches at the top of your door space, install the barn door track at the top of the door opening. If you don’t have space at the top of it, install a bottom rolling it’s hardware kit and utilize the floor space.
Installation is my reason number three for loving rolling door hardware. Installation is simple, any homeowner can do it! As far as the con’s of barn door hardware, it is not easy to find the unique, designer barn door kits. There are several stores on the web that boast about their knowledge of the hardware.