How To Build An Exterior Metal Sliding Barn Door
This is going to be a two part series.
How to build an exterior metal sliding barn door. 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. They allow quick and easy access for horses or other large animals while being durable as well as an attractive complement to the curb appeal of your pole barn. Sliding barn style doors for the lean to on the garage. Snap chalk line across header bottom chord of truss.
Measure your barn opening to determine the size of the doors. Since these doors are heavy he easiest way to construct them is to build the door on the ground first and hang it second. Steel sliding doors will also be far cheaper than dutch doors on an a horse barn or animal confinement building. Building door for a center aisle barn.
To begin building your metal barn doors place each 2x6x8 piece of lumber in place to form a large rectangle. Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims. The best door system for a center aisle barn is a split slider double sliding door which is hung on rollers trolleys and slides on a track. 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 have an awesome building project for you today. Sliding doors on a pole barn add functionality and maneuverability to the entrance. What you need to remember when building this kind of door is to make your. Building a sliding barn door means you don t have to rip open and reframe a wall for a pocket door.
We re building sliding barn doors. It s easy to see why. Steps for building metal barn doors 1. Kwik frame type sliding barn doors measure 5 1 2 up from the bottom of header at each jamb post.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.