How To Build A Simple Barn Door

Use your saw to cut the wood to size.

How to build a simple barn door.

Measure and mark the size of your door on your plywood. 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. The first thing i did was measure the door opening. Keep in mind that.

Remember to add 2 inches to your door opening so your new barn door will cover the opening. Like it took me literally less than an hour and that was with a few stops to wrangle a few fighting kids and feed them a quick lunch. 18 easy diy barn doors shanty 2 chic is one of our favorite diy blogs because of the concept they strive to create attractive home improvements from old pieces of scrap they have lying around. How to make a diy rustic barn door and hardware know your options for barn door hardware.

This barn door was super simple to make. Before you start shopping for barn door hardware take a careful look at the. To determine the door width add at least two inches to the width of the opening or to the outside. Mark and drill the first and last pilot hole positions by holding the metal rail so the line is centered in the screw.

The first thing i did was layout my 5 pieces of 1 6 boards side by side butted up against. Next drive a 2 3 screw into the first pilot hole mark and. I started out my cutting 4 boards at 8 feet long. Mark a straight line using a level where the sliding barn door rail will attach to the header.

The opening was 24 5 x 96 5.