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How to build big barn doors.
Building big barn doors exteriors.
Barn doors that swing out need to be mounted on very large and strong hinges and sliding barn doors need to be properly balanced and hung on high quality hardware in order to work properly.
This is going to be a two part series.
We re building sliding barn doors.
Building big 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.
14 steps to building your.
They need all the space they can.
Barn doors come with both functional and aesthetic benefits.
The traditional swinging door typically needs 9 feet or more of space to function properly.
So my husband and i decided to build one and i absolutely love it.
Closing in a pole barn with custom doors.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
While this may not be an issue for large houses more space starved homes will find it more than a little problematic.
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.
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Here is a picture of the rustic barn door we made a couple year ago.
I honestly loved it and was.
Functionally they are big space savers.
One about 8 feet square and the other 12 feet square the larger opening.
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.
Thicker wood will make the door better at keeping heat in but will also make it heavier.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.