How To Make Your Own Bypass Barn Door Hardware
Once all of the holes are predrilled and the wheels are assembled you can attach the barn door track to the piece of furniture.
How to make your own bypass barn door hardware. Barn door track diy tutorial. Is that it was made from simple materials you could find at your hardware store. The inspiration for this particular design came from the pottery barn artisan hardware z barn door first photo below. In general you ll need to make sure the door covers your door opening.
This sliding door track can be made for under 100 including wooden wheels track the ebook available in the blog post provides a full list of the tools and supplies you ll need. Sliding barn door hardware. You can find a set of bits here. Building a sliding barn door means you don t have to rip open and reframe a wall for a pocket door.
You ll also need a nut driver bit to drill the hex screws into the barn door track. Making the hangers and door stops. For guided directions on how. Now that you ve figured out the design and materials for your door you ll need to find the matching hardware.
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. 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. Diy barn door hardware the track. The door would sit closer to the jamb making a tighter seal if the track were mounted directly to the wall as opposed to the 2 8 that i used.
This blogger just used some pipes and an old door found at her local architectural salvage store along with a few other supplies for a total of just 75. Inspiration also came from the real sliding hardware s classic barn door hardware. After all my fixation is with the door not the hardware. It is nuts how expensive barn door hardware is.
For this you ll need a single door hardware kit in the correct length for your space. I used a metal pipe and hung curtains on it with metal curtain rings and even that sound is super grading on my nerves. It s easy to see why. Diy barn door hardware painting.
Create your own barn door track hardware. You can find the complete tutorial from julie and her husband to make your own barn door hardware on the cheap at do or diy. The tractor supply hardware is adjustable to make the door higher or lower and to make it closer or further from the jamb.