How To Build A Mini Barn Door

To avoid paying 50 or more for pint size sliding door hardware kristine repurposed a 1 inch flat metal bar and metal garden edging stakes.

How to build a mini barn door.

Barn doors should at minimum cover the door opening and extend a few inches past the door when fully open. Step 3 paint hardware. Clean all of your hardware then. Measure door opening width and height.

Step 2 drill holes in metal bar and edging pegs. Step 1 trim metal bar. Do you want to connect with other woodworkers. Measure from both corners of the door before screwing the middle rail to the stiles.

Measure how long you need want your metal bar to be mine is just shy of the full length of my. To do this we started by gluing and screwing the bottom rail to both sides stiles. From your measurement will give you the minimum door height required. Next glue and screw the bottom mullion to the bottom rail and middle rail.

She cut the bar to length then drilled screw holes to mount it. Join our facebook group. The barn door will hang a 1 2 to 1 off the floor and extend above the top of the door opening. She also drilled holes through both sides of each stake she would be using.

Choose your barn door hardware before determining the door height. For the metal bar you will probably need affixing holes at each end. It s time to assemble the frame of the barn door. In most cases measuring to the top of an opening with no trim or to the top of the trim and subtract 1 2 in.