Sliding doors should extend at least an inch beyond the sides of the opening that don t have trim or an inch.
How to make a sliding barn door.
With help lift the barn wood door and roll it onto the track.
We started by cutting all the boards for the.
How to build a sliding barn door supplies needed for building a sliding barn door.
Choose your barn door hardware before.
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If you hardware kit didn t come with stoppers we recommend adding one stop.
Lay 8 96 t g boards in your jig starting with a board that has a groove cut off.
The first thing i did was measure the door opening.
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Add filler strips use a miter saw to cut the 15 filler strips according to the cut list.
The opening was 24 5 x 96 5.
Line up the brackets and mark the holes on your door frame before drilling them out.
Add the lower stiles and rail leaving a 1 inch channel for the floor guide that.
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How to build a sliding barn door in 30 minutes materials and tools.
Thread a nut onto the carriage bolt and add a door lock and flat washer.
To start cut two pieces of the flat bar steel to make the brackets that hold the wheels to the door.
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Measure the opening to determine the door width add at least two inches to the width of the opening or to the outside dimensions of the.
Then take them to the drill press or use a drill to drill the holes for the carriage bolts.
Keep in mind that.
Insert a carriage bolt through an l bracket per wheel and tighten the bracket to the bolt with a nut and washers.
Make l shape jig perfectly square.
Using your level check that the track and your mounting board are level and mark where each hole will be drilled.
First item of business was to break down all these boards.
Add adhesive and set the top rail flush along the top of the boards.
Lay all of the boards with nice side up or rough side up if using barn siding.
Let s set the frames off to.
Adhere the upper stiles below it flush to the.
Prepare level flat surface and fasten 2 2x4 boards making a temporary l shape jig for your door make one side of l 8 long and other 6 5 long.
The first thing i did was layout my 5 pieces of 1 6 boards side by side butted up against.
Tools needed for building a sliding barn door.
Be careful when drilling to avoid any tear out.