 We just turned this wall into this barn door, hole in everything. And we'll show you how we did it right now. What is up? A welcome back. Do you like to do a build or make it? So do we. And we have a new video each week. This week we're putting a hole in the wall and then a door in that hole. It's actually a barn door over that hole. I am trying to connect our front office spaces to our back office spaces right now. They're separated by the warehouse. You literally have to walk through the warehouse. So I want to put a doorway here. This is going to lead into what's going to be our little kitchenette room. And then we'll be able to bring these back office to the front offices. However, if this is a commercial building and we've not done any kind of construction like this before. So we've not had. I've never made a doorway before and I've definitely never made a doorway in a commercial space. Right. I've never tried to use metal studs or work with metal studs. I know this is not a load bearing wall. So you know, I feel like this is a good, a good starter project to see what we can do because I don't really think you can mess it up too much. Yeah. I don't think anything will fall down. So. So we're going to take you along our little journey this week as we put this doorway in and show you how it's done. Give you our lessons learned. Step one. It's time for demolition. Well, we're really just going to try to figure out where we want this door. Try to find where it's coming out on the other side. Then we're going to put a hole in the wall with my hammer so we can see where the wires are before we cut it out using the drywall saw. So for the barn door, we need a 32 inch opening by 83 inches tall is the max opening we can have for our barn door. So that's what we're going to put here. The max. We're going max. Going max. Do you want to go on the other side? How do you want to do this? I want you to go on the other side and kind of let's match up from the other door and then come through. Poke a hole through. Uh-huh. Poke a hole all the way through. So we know where we are. Go to the other side. A couple of taps with the hammer and there's the saw. This is the start of our door opening. Now we kind of quick do a quick measure. Take a little peek back there to make sure there are no electrical wires. That's just phone wire. So we're good to go. We snap the full chop line for our opening. Here it gets the saws out, starts taking down the drywall, we go to the other side and we do the same. I use the tin snips to cut out the braces. There's our opening. Take out the rest of that metal stud. All right, we ran into a snag. There's power running through the wall. I had no idea. I didn't think there would be power right here. We did think that they would drop it from the ceiling. Yeah, I thought they would be dropped through the ceiling. I guess the walls are built before the ceiling was put in. I did not cut through it. We're just going to reroute it though. We got the same type of wire that's already running through the wall and some junction boxes and we're just going to run it up through the drop ceiling, back down and keep it going. And to make sure that we're not messing with any hot wires, we got this cool little tool that will tell me if there's actually power running through them. This thing's a life saver. I love it. All right. We're going to go cut the power. Running the wires through the ceiling was pretty easy. I just went up and over and dropped them down the Kim. Then I stripped the old wires. I left about three quarters of the inch bare. I did the same to the new wires. Then I fed them both through the junction box. I twisted the whites together. I twisted the blacks together. I twisted the bears together. Then I put the cap on and screwed it to a stud. I did both one on each side. Step two. Now we're going to frame it out. We have these two by fours. We're going to stick the full eight feet up and into the wall. We're going to pin the bottom with a two and a half inch deck screw. Make sure they're plumb and make sure they're 32 inches apart. Then cut the 32 inch header with the pocket saw and tack that into place with some pocket holes. All right, let's get this up in there. Should we cut the 32 inch header first so we can make sure the bottom is also 32 inches? I think that's a good idea. That's a good idea. We're going to cut the bottom. We're going to cut the header at 32 inches first so we can use it as a guide for the bottom too. Perfect. All right, it's all plumbed up. I'm going to hit it with a couple of drywall screws to keep it in place so that we can put the drywall in the gaps. Now that the two by fours are in, we're going to clean up the drywall. Make sure it's even and level with the two by fours so it'll have a little cleaner edge when we're trying to add the drywall back. I'm just going to score the backside. We should be able to break it off, right? No? Yeah. The wall back, we're going to cut a couple of pieces that are four and a half inches wide. Kim's over there. I'm already on the floor. I didn't know he was filming. And we're going to fill in some of this drywall up top where we took out too much. I'm going to use a chalk line to snap a line. Then I'm going to score it with the knife and we'll break it. Okay, now we're going to attach the drywall we just trimmed out with some drywall screws. Add the corner round. I'm going to put it in place and trim it with these tin snips. And then I'm going to add a little joint compound on the seams to use it like glue. It's going to attach the corner bead on there. Gary's going to add a couple of screws and then we're going to feather it out with joint compound. We went to sit overnight. It's looking okay, a little cracky. But that's all right. We're going to sand it and then hit it with another coat of that drywall compound. We got a mask up though. It's going to get dusty. Now we paint. We went to Lowe's and we picked up some paint using the color match system. We took a piece of the wall. We're just going to paint around the doorway trying to make it match. So we are no pro drywallers. I do recognize that as a skill. We have worked and worked and worked on this wall trying to get it flat. It's not perfect, but it's pretty close at this point. It's pretty good. I would say it's professional. Granted, we did inherit the walls that are around us and they look rough. I feel like it's going to fit right in. That was my goal to make it blend in. I didn't want it to stand out. I didn't want this to look new or anything. Step five. Time to install the door. This is the moment everybody has been waiting for. This is the whole point of the project. All of this was simply to get this door installed. Now, I told Garrett a moment ago, this is where most marriages break down. This installation of this track and hanging this heavy door. But not ours, mate. But not us. We got this. We've actually bonded even closer, I feel like. It's actually brought us together. It's brought us together. This is supposed to be a quick hang door. Big bold letters right on the front says quick hang. So far, it's been a long hang. We're hoping this next part goes quickly. We're going to start by putting all of the hardware on the door. We're going to put the handle, the bent straps, and anything else that goes on the door. Stop, little stop, stoppers at the top. Stoppers. All that stuff is going on first. Let's start there. Hardware's on. Now we're going to measure where the track will go. We need to measure the center line of the track, which is an inch and a half from the edge of the door. And then we need to go up an inch and three quarters from the height of the door. So for us, it's 85 and three quarters. You got the level? Nope. I don't even know where level is. I don't even know where level is. Since we don't have a four foot level, I put this screw in the middle and then we'll level the whole thing and draw the holes. So for our installation, you have to anchor the center point to a stud, which we've done. But the others can be wall anchored in for drywall. We don't hit any other studs, given the position of our door. Holes on the bar will not hit any studs. So we're going to use wall anchors. So we've measured the holes, and now let's hope these hold. This is a very heavy door and I'm a little... Gotta have faith. Yeah, I'll question whether these drywall anchors will hold, but we'll see. Nobody will be swinging from the door. It'll be fine. All these little wall anchors come with the kit. So I'm just going to insert these in and slide the collar up against it. Now we're just going to hang the bar. We're going to use the bolts that it came with. And we're going to use these little spacers to set it off the wall. Oh yeah, these little tiny guys. You can use yours. All right, this really is quick and easy. It's quick hang, quick hang. It has been pretty quick. All right, moment of truth. Now we're going to hang the door. I'm on. I'm on. All right. Is it rubbing on those stops? Yeah. Okay. Hold on. See now it's hanging straight. How are these jump blocks supposed to go in? They go up underneath to keep it from, kind of keep it sliding. It's not enough room. Putting the end stops on. Right here. Like this. Yeah, yeah. How far? Until it contacts the bin strap. Basically it stops it. Right there? Yes. And last step, door is up and it closes. Go ahead. Close it smoothly. Smooth like butter. Last step is installing this door guide at the bottom to make sure it doesn't wobble in and out. So nobody throws it off. There's two options to this. There's a wall mount and a floor mount, but because we have concrete floors, we're going to attach ours and we're going to use the wall mount to the wall. Not too bad, huh? The door itself was very easy. It was a quick hang. I'll give them that. It was pretty easy. Making the hole for the door to go over took a little more than I anticipated. I don't like to do electric, not an electrician. If you followed my advice during the video, not an electrician. Scared of electricity. I hate it. But it was pretty easy. Even that part was pretty easy. And it's exactly what I wanted. This is perfect. I think this is a great aesthetic for the office. And I think... And you've always wanted a barn door. I know. I do. I have always... Well, I have great plans for a double set right over there. The hole is already there though. All we have to do is hang the barn doors. That should be a lot easier. But I'm really excited. After the installation, I do think this is going to work. It does seem pretty sturdy. We'll see over time. It's not bad. It's advertised to work right into the drywall with the one stud mount. We've done just what it said to do. It's not very wiggly. It's not wiggly at all actually. All right. Looks like we're about out of time. So if you're not going to join us for the patron after show, we will see you next week where we'll do it, build it, and make it again. Step four. Now we paint. Paint the rollers already. There you go. Does it? Don't touch anything with it. All right, ready? Ready. Step four. Geez. That had paint on it. Four. I'll judge the ceiling. You're doing great. Step four. That one sucked. Step four.