Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.
How to make an exterior sliding barn door.
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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.
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.
We re building sliding barn doors.
Whether for the bathroom bedroom or laundry room entry deciding to build a barn wood door can ensure added privacy and style.
This is going to be a two part series.
Track is nailed to top of track boards use 2x4 blocks to stop door from sliding off end of track sliding barn door trolley inset door width divided by 4 3 inches.
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.
Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door.
If needed you can substitute 1x10 t g boards for 1x8 1x12 or even 2x6 or 2x8 boards.
Step 2 attach the top 2x6 crosspiece right at the top end of the door.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
Run door track about 3 4 distance of door opening on each side of the jamb post.
Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims.
Build a sliding barn door in the same way as you would build a swinging barn door with the following exception.
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