How To Make A Sliding Fence Door

The main structure of the door is a piece of plywood to achieve the thickness needed for the hangers we bought 1x3 lumber to make a frame.

How to make a sliding fence door.

Each door is essentially a series of horizontal s. We started by picking everbilt sliding door hardware available at home depot. Using a miter saw and the cut list above cut the 2 x 4 frame pieces top bottom and sides. Gate components apart from the gate i needed a track wheels guide rollers and some sort of latch the locking device on a door or window.

I had no trouble obtaining most of the hardware from any number of fence and gate companies apart from a suitable latch. Prop the frame on a few. I decided to design my own. That would hold the gate closed.

You ll want some of these cool sliding doors for your garage once you see how simple they are to construct. Position the side boards between the top and bottom boards flush with their ends.