Closing in a pole barn with custom doors.
Sliding barn door construction.
One of the latest trends in home design is the sliding barn door.
Same pattern as building sidewalls.
It only required a total of 8 cuts.
Sliding barn style doors are excellent for large openings where a swing style door might prevent furniture placement.
We re building sliding barn doors.
What you need to remember when building this kind of door is to make your door 6 wider than the width of your aisle.
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.
A sliding barn door creates more space by eliminating the need to accommodate a traditional swinging door.
Since the fasteners show we decided to use 1 1 2 in.
It s for good reason barn doors can add space saving benefits aesthetic detail and functionality to the interior of your home.
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.
Apply sheeting to door grid with color matched 12 x stitch screws at 9 o c.
Building a sliding barn door means you don t have to rip open and reframe a wall for a pocket door.
Lay door grid assembly on a flat surface with built in flashing and vertical member trim strip up not towards ground.
To hang it you can follow the instructions found in the barn door hardware kit you choose.
Because the nails protruded slightly from the opposite side we shortened them a bit by holding them with locking pliers and grinding off the tips on a bench grinder.
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Building in place is the easiest way to build barn doors.
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.
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.
The best door system for a center aisle barn is a split slider double sliding door which is hung on rollers trolleys and slides on a track.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
When sheeting door sheeting tucks between built in flashing and vertical member trim strip.
This is going to be a two part series.
Of course once you have it constructed you will need to fill the holes sand and paint it and hang it.
It s easy to see why.
A barn door in 30 minutes.
