There were two openings in need of doors.
How to build a big barn door.
Building a barn door is a simple project.
This includes the hardware and track.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.
So my husband and i decided to build one and i absolutely love it.
Make sure the door is hanging in a level position.
I honestly loved it and was.
I loved my rustic barn door and i loved that it was an easy solution for a door in my craft room but i wanted a more modern barn door in there to match the rest of our house.
If it is you re done.
We re building sliding barn doors.
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.
If you are only making one door you could get it done in a day.
One about 8 feet square and the other 12 feet square the larger opening would allow him to move small boats he planned to build in and out of his new ground level shop.
But if the door isn t you may have to use small pieces of wood to support the door where it should be to hang in a level position.
Step 2 attach the top 2x6 crosspiece right at the top end of the door.
14 steps to building your own sliding barn doors step 1.
This will make the.
Hang the door step 11 13.
Plan for a 2 day project.
You begin by hanging the door on the barn.
After all the materials are on site the total time for this project is about one day to build and one day to paint for both doors.
This will allow you to attach the wheels that run in the sliding door track to the crosspiece rather than to the ends of the 1 inch boards.
Here is a picture of the rustic barn door we made a couple year ago.
Build the door steps 2 10.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
Last fall a client asked me to build barn doors for a new outbuilding.
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Build a sliding barn door in the same way as you would build a swinging barn door with the following exception.
In this video i ll show you how to build a wooden barn door for under a 100.