TL;DR
A sliding barn door track is the exposed flat steel rail, lag-bolted above a doorway or shed opening, on which a door hangs from trolley wheels and rolls sideways along the wall face. Kits are sized at roughly twice the door width so the panel can clear the opening, and the rail must anchor into a header or solid blocking, not bare drywall, to carry doors that commonly weigh 75 to 200 pounds.
What it means
A sliding barn door track is the exposed flat steel rail, lag-bolted above a doorway or shed opening, on which a door hangs from trolley wheels and rolls sideways along the wall face. Kits are sized at roughly twice the door width so the panel can clear the opening, and the rail must anchor into a header or solid blocking, not bare drywall, to carry doors that commonly weigh 75 to 200 pounds. Floor guides and end stops keep the panel from swinging or rolling off.
Where it sits in the glossary
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