Cut plywood to the size of the door frame.
How to make a barn door out of plywood.
Place the sheet of plywood on the sawhorses.
Place the cut plywood up to the door.
Once you ve cut the plywood to size measure the width of the plywood to cut the top and bottom 1 x6 trim boards.
Our house is basically one big box without much division so sound carries.
Use your saw to cut the wood to size.
We needed a bit of separation from the kids rooms and our living room.
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How to build a sliding barn door.
Place wood glue we used titebond interior wood glue between the trim piece and the plywood using clamps to hold the trim board in place.
Step 2 the barn door was built so that there would be a solid plywood base with a bunch of strips sitting on top and attached using glue and pin nails to form a specific design.
Measure and mark the size of your door on your plywood.
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Wipe off any excess glue then screw each board in from the plywood side.
Cut a sheet of 3 4 plywood to the size of your door opening plus the trim.
Choose which side will be the front.
Just make sure that you have sufficient amount of 4 by 4s that you would be able to hang this hardware on otherwise the door will bring the whole hardware to the ground because it ends up to be like 50lbs.
Cut the trim pieces.
Mark any adjustments needed onto the wood and cut with a circular saw.
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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.
Hold the cut sheet of plywood in place over the opening to verify the measurements.
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Once you have cut the boards to size measure the appearance board you just cut width wise so you can cut your top and bottom trim boards.
Step 3 cut two 1 inch by 4 inch planks to the width of the door with a miter saw.
This includes the hardware and track.
How you design your door is up to you.
The first step was to break down the first sheet of plywood into all of my pieces as well as cut down my barn door base to size.
Hang the sliding barn door hardware.
Cut the door out of the plywood using a circular saw.
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.