Ceiling Mount Sliding Barn Door Track

5 Times to Use Ceiling Mount Barn Door Hardware  Sometimes homeowners find themselves frustrated at the prospect of incorporating a sliding door into their home. Though the general design features might be a match, homeowners encounter some common technical issues while mapping out the installation process, like a lack of space to mount the track. Most often, the solution is easy: purchase ceiling mount sliding barn door track hardware. 5 Times to Use Ceiling Mount Barn Door Hardware  Room Dividers Limited Header Space Low Ceilings Crown Moulding Cabinets, Closets, and PantriesIf you’ve experienced any of the above issues in your barn door journey, do not despair! Ceiling mount barn door hardware can easily remedy these situations, allowing you to enjoy a beautiful sliding barn door in your home. Can You Hang a Barn Door from the Ceiling?Yes, it is absolutely possible to hang a barn door from a ceiling. Though traditionally barn doors are mounted to a wall’s beams or installed onto an attached header above the door opening, many homeowners choose to hang their door panel from the ceilings for a variety of reasons. Homeowners who choose this option will need to purchase a specific type of barn door track called a ceiling mount system. The installation process is very similar a to header or wall mount. Most importantly, a homeowner needs to ensure that the ceiling mount is safely installed into the ceiling’s beams for support. 5 Times to Use Ceiling Mount Barn Door HardwareThere are many reasons a homeowner may choose to mount their barn door to the ceiling. Here are the five most common situations where ceiling mount barn door hardware comes in handy: Room DividersWhether you’ve purchased a home with an open-floor plan that you wish weren’t so open, or you’ve decided to repurpose a section of your home, like turning a large basement into a play area and office combo, you’re going to have to find a way to divide up the space. The more expensive option is to throw up some walls to permanently alter your home’s floor plan. The more economical (and more design-savvy) option may be to add room dividers by purchasing a set of sliding barn doors. These barn doors will meet the practical needs of your home while also making a design statement. Just because you don’t have any wall to install sliding track hardware doesn’t mean a barn door can’t divide your room. Instead, you can purchase a ceiling mount sliding barn door track system to safely hang your doors from your ceiling. Limited Header SpaceA barn door’s track system can either be mounted directly into the wall using the beams as an anchor or installed into a header above the door frame. Both choices require at least six inches of clearance above the door opening for the barn door hardware when using a standard door track system. Some homeowners find their solution in a low clearance barn door track, which only requires a minimum of four inches. Still, some owners have even less header/wall space above their door opening. In this case, a ceiling mount is your best and only bet for installing a barn door within your space. This type of mounting hardware option eliminates the frustration of limited header space altogether. Low Ceilings“Limited header space” is a bit of a general term, so it’s important to highlight some of the main issues underneath this common problem. Some homes, especially older homes or apartments, were built with fairly low ceilings in comparison to the nine-foot plus ceilings of many modern homes. Not only do these ceilings make some homeowners feel claustrophobic, but they can also rob a door of sufficient header space simply because there isn’t any height left to spare once. If a standard door opening is six foot eight inches in height and your ceiling is seven feet tall, you’ve got a problem. This problem is also common in homes with pitched roofs. Most common in styles like Tudor, these pitched roofs slope on either side, limiting header space on some door openings. In both of these situations, a ceiling mount barn door is the perfect solution. Crown MouldingSometimes design features are the culprit of limited header space, even though the original structure of a home does boast the necessary six inches. Crown moulding, a type of ceiling trim, is an extremely popular choice in traditional interior design. The moulding can be thin and unassuming at three inches or as bold and big as 20 inches in height. Considering this measurement, it’s easy to see how crown moulding could steal some of the necessary header height for a sliding barn panel. Here, barn door ceiling mount hardware can come to the rescue yet again! Cabinets, Closets, and PantriesOther types of interior doors are also perfect candidates for a barn door hardware ceiling mount. A pantry or closet door, wardrobe, or cabinet door are just a few examples to start. Homeowners might consider installing top ceiling mount barn door hardware if their cabinet or pantry door stretches to the ceiling or if they don’t want to drill mounting holes into their cabinets. A closet or wardrobe piece might benefit from modern ceiling mount barn door hardware simply for design preferences or because it too encounters one of the above door opening issues. In any of these cases, the interior barn door issue can easily be resolved by choosing a sliding door track for ceiling mounts. Pair Your Ceiling Mount Barn Door Hardware with a Rustica Barn DoorRustica offers a selection of artisan-crafted barn doors that pair beautifully with the ceiling mount barn door hardware kit. Our ceiling mount barn door hardware is heavy-duty and can be customized to meet your door thickness and width. Though each ceiling mount system is crafted exclusively with aluminum, it can be paired with a hanger set that matches the finish of any lock or latch you include on your door panel. Currently, the system is built to work with any standard, bypassing, or biparting door system (it currently excludes bifold door options). Now that you know the ins and outs of when to choose a ceiling mount for a sliding barn door, you can have fun mixing and matching Rustica’s ceiling mount barn door hardware with a custom sliding barn door panel to create the barn door system of your dreams. Happy designing! Product DetailsNot all rooms are created equal, and anyone who has donned a tool belt in the name of home improvement only to be thwarted by space issues can attest to this. Our Ceiling Mount™ barn door hardware system was pioneered in 2014 as the answer to those frustrations. Designed to mount barn doors to the ceiling instead of the wall, this system allows for barn doors to be hung over door frames without enough leeway for traditional hardware, and as room dividers for overly large spaces. Note- All ceiling mount barn door hardware posts are made out of aluminum and will look aluminum. The finish you select will apply only to your hanger and track selections. Ceiling mounted barn door hardware system pictured with bypass system and the following Clearance needed to install: Post height, plus 1/2 inch Please note that the posts are aircraft grade aluminum and are left with a natural finish so that they can be adjusted to the height. Finish option offered are for the track and the hangers.