If you have a gap in the bottom of the barn door you can screw a board to the bottom of the door.
Sliding barn door grinding noise.
You can either glue or nail a flat molding on the bottom of the door.
A door sweep and weatherstripping tape can be used to cover gaps.
If the rollers aren t properly adjusted the bottom of a door can drag on the track and.
You will have to remove the door for this process to be more accessible.
Instead of fastening the barn door rail to drywall first screw a ledger board to the wall studs for a sturdier mounting surface that allows the hanging door to clear the door frame.
Purchase a door that s as tall as the opening height or opening plus trim and 2 inches wider than the door frame to cover the entire opening.
Have a 1 4 overlap on the door to cover the gap where the noise is coming through.
Your door is old and worn out.
Depending on your hardware the sound of the door sliding on the track can resemble rumbling thunder.
If your sliding door is sticking or dragging along the tracks making a grinding noise the springs in the rollers could have become loose causing it to sag.
By all means if you have barn door fever go for it.
None of this is to say you shouldn t get a sliding door.
To fix this you can adjust the height of the rollers by the screws on the rollers.
Make sure the doors are made from solid wood meaning a solid and not a hollow core.