How To Frame Sliding Barn Doors
To do this we started by gluing and screwing the bottom rail to both sides stiles.
How to frame sliding barn doors. 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. Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room. If needed you can substitute 1x10 t g boards for 1x8 1x12 or even 2x6 or 2x8 boards. A sliding barn door creates more space by eliminating the need to accommodate a traditional swinging door.
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. Select the room and door you want to swap out for the barn wood door. And unlike pocket doors you don t have to figure out any tricky additional wall framing. Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims.
Removing the doors door hardware. How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1. Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy. The door will slide left to right.
It s time to assemble the frame of the barn door. 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. There s a peg in the top of each door hinge just pull it out or grab a hammer to help knock it out. Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door.
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. Cut the boards inch shorter than the height of the opening to allow the door to pass over the floor guide. Also show you how to install it. Next glue and screw the bottom mullion to the bottom rail and middle rail.
Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build. Measure from both corners of the door before screwing the middle rail to the stiles. The hardware needs to installed along the top of the wall but there isn t enough clearance to the far left so i think the best solution is to frame out the opening to 1 make the opening smaller 2 install a header so there is enough clearance along the top to install the hardware. I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes.
I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern. This will ensure that your door is square.