Select the room and door you want to swap out for the barn wood door.
How to make indoor barn door.
Use a 2 inch circular drill bit to cut two 4 inch wheels for each side of the door.
Remove the door you are planning to replace and measure the door opening to determine your door size and how much appearance board you will need.
This will ensure that your door is square.
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.
Next glue and screw the bottom mullion to the bottom rail and middle rail.
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.
Cut the boards inch shorter than the height of the opening to allow the door to pass over the floor guide.
Measure from both corners of the door before screwing the middle rail to the stiles.
Once you have measured the opening add at least 2 inches to the width to ensure you are covering sides that don t have trim.
Cut the center out for the bearings and bolt.
Cut list for installing a sliding door designed to cover a 30 inch wide opening with 4 inch casing on either side this door measures 38 inches wide by 2 inches thick by 83 inches tall.
To do this we started by gluing and screwing the bottom rail to both sides stiles.