Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.
How to build an indoor barn door.
With the track mounted finish the job by putting the door on the track.
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Before putting it together sand each board and then coat each board with polyurethane stain.
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.
Use inexpensive pine from home depot.
At these prices i d never diy my own barn door hardware these work so great and they re relatively easy to install.
Diy sliding barn door hardware is available in all manner of styles and budgets and the door options are limitless from salvage finds to original diy creations like this one a mix of pallet wood and common cedar.
First build the barn door.
In my case the door was quite large.
Carefully roll it into each end to determine where to place the stops.
The size will vary depending in your door opening.
Hang the diy sliding barn door.
We re building sliding barn doors.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
Save yourself the headache.
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I know you haven t seen much of the newly remodeled downstairs area but don t worry that s coming next.
I recommend 2 coats.
This is going to be a two part series.
Barn doors for life.
Mount the end stops bottom guides and any other hardware according to your specific set of instructions.