The first sharing how to build the barn door and the second will be talking about barn door hardware and installation in our attic family room.
Sliding barn door construction plans.
This is what we did on these closet sliding barn doors and the double sliding barn door i built for the bathroom.
This is going to be a two part series.
Here s how to save your money by taking the diy approach to building a barn door.
We have an awesome building project for you today.
Because the door is hung from a track the door can be slid along the face of a wall into place and stored on the wall when not in use.
Aug 19 2018 explore tami sutton s board diy barn door plans on pinterest.
Sliding barn style doors are excellent for large openings where a swing style door might prevent furniture placement.
The instructions for how to build a sliding barn door included below are concise easy to follow and contain a full list of tools and materials that you ll need.
A header for the door could be as simple as a 1 x 4 board attached with 3 1 2 screws into the studs in the wall.
The sliding barn door hardware and rail are made of 1 4 inch thick 2 inch wide flat bar cold rolled steel.
What you need to remember when building this kind of door is to make your door 6 wider than the width of your aisle.
We re building sliding barn doors.
Take off the existing door trim and re trim the door building the header into the trim.
Cut the hanger hardware to size.
A sliding door for your barn can provide easy access to the shop for large projects when other kinds of large doors are impractical.
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Diy sliding barn door.
Building door for a center aisle barn.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
If you ve investigated rustic barn doors you ve probably gotten sticker shock.
Make diy barn door hardware.
Before you start shopping for barn door hardware take a careful look at the area where you would like to install the barn.
It s easy to see why.
The exact measurements and detailed diagrams can be downloaded in my free sliding barn door plans.