Hoe To Build Barn Door

My dad and eric built the barn doors.

Hoe to build barn door.

Our doors were custom built to the measurements we needed. First build the barn door. We have an awesome building project for you today. This includes the hardware and track.

The size will vary depending in your door opening. Lightly sand before each coat. What type of wood do you use to make a barn door. I m wrapping up a project for a client an.

We wanted them to hide the frame around the door opening when they were closed. If needed you can substitute 1x10 t g boards for 1x8 1x12 or even 2x6 or 2x8 boards. Build the door steps 2 10. Supplies for diy barn doors.

Use inexpensive pine from home depot. The simplest way to build a door is to use 1x10 t g barn siding for the door and regular straight edge 1x10 barn siding for trims and cross bucks. I recommend 2 coats. This is going to be a two part series.

The finished size of each barn door we built is almost 7 tall and 3 3 wide. I ve asked them for some input and together we ve put together a guide on how to take on the build. In my case the door was quite large. If you want to cover the opening with one door you ll need an area on one side of the opening that s wide enough for the door.

Cut list for installing a sliding door. We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store. We re building sliding barn doors. In this video i ll show you how to build a wooden barn door for under a 100.

Before you start shopping for barn door hardware take a careful look at the area where you would like to install the barn door and figure out what door setup works best. Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims. 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. Since sharing the studio s before and after transformation one of the most frequently requested posts has been to show you how to build a barn door on a budget after all we transformed a closet into a pantry and we needed to close the space.