If it s more than 1 4 inch or greater at the top or bottom cut and attach a wood shim to close up the gap.
Sliding barn door gap fix.
Or you can get a track joiner if you want the doors to be able to slide to either side.
This is an easy fix.
Decide how tall your door will be.
Screw a board to the bottom of the door you will have to remove the door.
Id leave it alone.
Install the soft close mechanisms before hanging the door slabs.
It looks like the gap is caused by the hardware for this barn style door which is a common scenario.
Keep in mind this is for a 36 door.
Close the barn door and notice how tightness and uniformity of the gap.
You can narrow the gap but you won t have true privacy or sound proofing with a barn door period.
You may need or want a smaller or larger door.
This step may not be included in your hardware instructions if you bought them separately.
You can modify a door stop included to cover the gap between rails if you prefer a seamless look.
Glue nail some flat molding wood with a 1 4 overlap on the door to cover the gap.
You can modify a door stop included to cover the gap between rails if you prefer a seamless look.
Usually they become worn down by traffic and may have to be re leveled and reinstalled.
Use a rot resistant wood either treated lumber or cedar so that you won t have to replace it later and then install a rubber gasket.
In the picture you show you could place one piece vertically on the wall side of the door on the end the picture was taken.
Our front door entry is barndoors leading to a vestibule with french doors.
For the best seal my recommendation would be some pieces of weatherstripping or gasket.
These are the wheels at the base of the door that grip a small piece of metal and are supposed to help close the door easily.
Worn wheels a common sliding barn door problem is worn track wheels.
Frost king corner guards.
And i have a barn door to my ba from our mbr.
Either get a tension rod that fits the opening of the barn door and slip a curtain s ove the tension rod or mount a curtain rod over the doorway portion on the inside of the bathroom and hang from there.
This step may not be included in your hardware instructions if you bought them separately.