They allow quick and easy access for horses or other large animals while being durable as well as an attractive complement to the curb appeal of your pole barn.
How to build metal sliding barn doors.
Steel sliding doors will also be far cheaper than dutch doors on an a horse barn or animal confinement building.
Add filler strips use a miter saw to cut the 15 filler strips according to the cut list.
Lay door grid assembly on a flat surface with built in flashing and vertical member trim strip up not towards ground.
Attach the mounting board attach the mounting board by firmly nailing it to the joists inside the pole barn.
Adhere the upper stiles below it flush to the.
The simplest way to build a door is to use 1x10 t g barn siding for the door and regular straight edge 1x10 barn siding for trims and cross bucks.
Since these doors are heavy he easiest.
We inserted the panels into the door centering the panels in the opening.
Measure your barn opening to determine the size of the doors.
Choose the guide that works best for your door.
Place a piece of metal on the far end of the frame.
Add the lower stiles and rail leaving a 1 inch channel for the floor guide that.
Line the panels up side by side and mark were you want to trim them to length.
Then we drilled a couterbore and held the panels in place with a fender washer and a 1 kreg screw.
Same pattern as building sidewalls.
Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims.
When sheeting door sheeting tucks between built in flashing and vertical member trim strip.
Apply sheeting to door grid with color matched 12 x stitch screws at 9 o c.
Construct the correct size door panels with materials bought or buy ready made ones if desired.
Add the next piece of metal to the frame by.
If needed you can substitute 1x10 t g boards for 1x8 1x12 or even 2x6 or 2x8 boards.
We cut them to length using the miter saw.
Add adhesive and set the top rail flush along the top of the boards.
The best and quickest method toward installing a sliding barn door is to purchase a commercially available mounting kit.