These plans allow you to build a barn door of nearly any size using the same simple method.
How to make a barn door step by step.
I always envisioned added a sliding barn door in our master bedroom.
I went with 1x12s that were common pine boards since they were fairly cheap.
Use inexpensive pine from home depot.
In this tutorial i m going to show you step by step how i built a 36 sliding barn door from scratch for under 200.
Make sure that the board is all assembled.
The door to our master bathroom was a builder basic door that swung into the bathroom.
First build the barn door.
We re building sliding barn doors.
Make sure that you have all of these tools and proceed to the steps.
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.
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How to build a modern barn door for your home.
Hang the door step 11 13 before you begin measure the width of the door from the outside edges of the casing then order a hardware kit with a track twice that width.
Diy sliding barn door.
The sample is a standard 84 high x 36 wide barn door that would cover a typical opening.
I even had the perfect location for it too.
This is going to be a two part series.
Plan for a 2 day project.
For ease of understanding we show the step by step building of a barn door to cover a standard interior door opening.
Barn doors were typically made with leftover wood from the barn build and like i said before built to withstand weather movement.
14 steps to building your own sliding barn doors step 1.
The size will vary depending in your door opening.
As an example if the opening is of 30 inches in dimension rip the board to its width.
The battens are vertical boards on the backside.
It can make for an appealing unique addition to any home and to get you started i m including the free downloadable plans for th.
Barn door building history.
I also didn t need the door to be water tight since there.
In my case the door was quite large.
Build the door steps 2 10.