How To Frame A Sliding Barn Door
14 steps to building your.
How to frame a sliding barn door. I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes. Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers. Whether for the bathroom bedroom or laundry room entry deciding to build a barn wood door can ensure added privacy and style. Ready to install options can be costly and the idea of creating a diy barnwood door may seem intimidating but this guide will teach you how to choose your lumber remove your current door and install a brand new custom barn wood door in just a few steps.
There are three options. We have an awesome building project for you today. We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store. How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1.
Carefully roll it into each end to determine where to place the stops. To support a door the track needs to be solidly mounted to wall framing. 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. I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern.
Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy. Removing the doors door hardware. Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build. Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door.
This is going to be a two part series. 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. With the track mounted finish the job by putting the door on the track.