Barn Doors with Lower X Brace Made of Reclaimed Barn Wood
Starting at $1250
The Half X Brace barn door brings the feel of the farm home. Composed of reclaimed pine barn wood, this rustic wood barn door is built for strength and durability.
These rustic wood barn doors have a horizontal brace in the center with an X brace below. Enhancing its rustic simplicity style, the reclaimed barn wood is left natural with no finish.
Barn Doors with Lower X Brace
These rustic wood barn doors have an X brace on the lower half, but not on the back. They do not include hardware unless you choose the optional upgrade of our Standard or Retro Wheel Hardware Kit. Hardware kits are offered for a reduced price and free shipping when ordering a door. (hardware kit details may be found at Standard Door Hardware or at Retro Wheel Door Hardware).
When using these rustic barn doors with sliding barn door hardware, we recommend that your door be at least 2" wider and 1" taller than your opening.
Standard Sizes
30” x 84”
36” x 84”
48” x 84”
Pair of 30” x 84”
Pair of 36” x 84”
Pair of 48” x 84”
Reclaimed Barn Wood
Reclaimed lumber and barn wood is a one-of-a-kind, green material that has been given a second life. We exclusively use reclaimed lumber that has been harvested from century-old (and older!) barns in Ohio.
Reclaimed lumber is popular for many reasons: the wood's unique appearance, its contribution to green building, the history of the wood's origins, and the wood's physical characteristics such as strength, stability, and durability. Please be aware that reclaimed barn wood is rustic with small knots, color variations, nail holes, and wormholes; however, that is what gives it beauty and character.
Lead Time
The listing is made to order only. Because our pieces are made to order and made by hand one at a time, your order will ship by freight approximately 6-8 weeks after payment is received. This timeline is only approximate and can vary. If you have a specific deadline for the items you are purchasing, please notify us prior to making your purchase.
Shipping:
We offer free shipping in the Eastern Time Zone (except New York City, the Burroughs and other metro areas). If you have questions or need a quote for a different area, please contact us.
Your delivery will more than likely be made by semi. The truck will get as close as possible to the delivery address. This might mean that the shipment is unloaded at the curb or even on a nearby street. The driver will use the lift gate to lower your pallet to the ground and at that point, the pallet becomes your responsibility. The pallet will be heavy and awkward, so it is imperative that you have assistance to move the pallet from the lift gate to your residence.
THE DRIVER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING INTO YOUR HOME OR GARAGE.
If you have any additional requests, these additional charges need to be set up with us in advance and paid by the customer before shipment of the order is made.
If you are around the Butler, Ohio area, you are more than welcome to pick your order up at our workshop and receive a price reduction. Contact us for pricing and pick-up information.
Origins of Barn Doors
Rustic barn doors in our homes are iconic symbols of our forefathers’ tireless hard work and ingenuity. From their earliest uses on farms and barns, barn doors were solid structures needed for functioning on the farm. These sliding barn doors allowed farmers to easily open them without the fear of the wind catching them and blowing them off. Cattle, horses, sheep, and other livestock could enter and exit without the need to swing the barn door open but rather slide it away from the path of the animals. Barn doors could also be opened slightly to allow the entrance of a person or slowly without letting a burst of air in that might startle the animals.
Therefore, the designs of the barn doors were born out of necessity and ease of construction. Farmers usually had extra lumber laying around that could be used for building a barn door. The door slats were placed in a row lined up together and next to one another. Then two boards were placed horizontally on top of them and either an “X” shape or a “ Z” shape was placed to add stability to the slats.
Barn Doors in Today’s Home
Barn doors are becoming more and more popular in the home and office and there are many reasons why barn doors are superior to traditional swinging doors from both a practical and aesthetic standpoint. Barn doors are capable of altering a building layout in a way that improves efficiency and flow. They also offer more options for style because doors are available in rustic styles, ornamental window styles, and more formal styles. There are also many hardware styles available for customization. Fans of modernism, country living, and all other design styles will find something to love in barn doors.
In today’s home, sliding barn doors permit you to keep a room open when you want, but you can also easily close it off when the room is messy or you need privacy. They make a room appear larger and more open. Because they are hanging free from tracks mounted on the wall above the door opening, they allow more airflow and are easy to slide because there is no track on the bottom.
Not only do barn doors offer farmhouse style but they save space when room for a swinging or hinged door is tight. An open traditional door can get in the way of movement and the space between the door and the wall is unusable. Because barn doors hang from above and slide in front of a wall, they don’t take up valuable floor space.
Unlike installing a pocket door, you don’t need to widen the wall to install a barn door and it is much easier than framing a swinging door. Installing a barn door, new or as a retrofit over an existing opening, is straightforward. We recommend that your door be at least 2" wider and 1" taller than your opening. Our rustic sliding barn door with a lower X brace offers space-saving functionality along with its beauty as a handcrafted reclaimed barn wood door.
Consider Where You Put Your Barn Door
It is important to consider where you are going to use a barn door. They are great for separating rooms because they are easy to open and close, take up less floor space, and have way more character than a traditional door. However, when a traditional door is closed, it completely fills an opening and snugs into its framing. This helps keep noise inside the room. Unless you use solid barn doors like ours that are thick enough to keep most noise in and heavy enough to stay against the wall when hung properly, you’re likely to get more noise than you desire. Therefore, if you have a bathroom where people hang out nearby, you may want to think again about putting a sliding door on it.
It’s a little harder to latch a sliding door because you can’t have anything protruding from the door that would bump into or scratch the wall where it slides. A sliding flat bolt style latch on the inside with the piece you slide your latch into on the top part of the door frame may be the solution.
A barn door slides across a wall when open and requires the same wall space as the opening to be free of obstructions. You can’t hang pictures or other items on the wall.
Barn Door Tracks
The tracks that sliding doors move along need to be sturdy enough to make your door slide with ease. Designed to promote ease of movement, good barn door tracks make closing even the heaviest of barn doors a breeze. Those who are interested in installing a barn door in their home but are afraid that the door would be bulky or hard to maneuver should know that a high-quality barn door is easy to open to and close. That’s why we designed our barn door hardware and custom make it in our shop. This hardware functions smoothly and, like your Whatman Hardwood's door, will last a lifetime.