I am trying to put a small (6 1/2 foot wide, 7 foot high) sliding barn
door on my barn. I put on the common steel siding. What I am running
into is the door brackets that bolt to the side of the building are
spaced 1/2" from the wall because of the ribs in the steel. In other
words the whole track is riding on top of the ribs of the steel
siding, which in itself is no problem, but the brackets need to bolt
to something solid, not just to the ribs of the steel. I am thinking
to just put blocks of wood 1/2 or 3/4" thick under the brackets and on
top of the steel. I guess that wont be the nicest looking, but I am
more concerend about the door working properly. Anyhow, just for the
heck of it, I thought I'd ask to see if anyone has any other ideas. I
am sure this is a common problem. I should note this is a square
track with the groove in the bottom for the rollers. There are
brackets that go around the rail and hang by one lag bolt into the
wall. This is NOT the other style that seems to be more popular now,
which bolts on top of the header over the door. I can not use that
type with the roof being directly over the door. (This is a lean off
the back of the main barnm and the roof is directly ontop of that
header. The roof has a one foot overhang so I dont need all that trim
to keep rain out of the top of the door, since the overhang is
directly over the door, there will not be leaking.

I should mention that the main doors on my barn are bolted directly to
the siding, but that siding is that old fashioned ine inch corrigated
steel that only sticks out like 1/4" or so. Plus that track is the
"antique" round stuff.

Mark