Fasten the left and right wheels to the door with 1inch wide steel.
How to build real barn doors.
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Build a swinging barn door step 1 lay the 1 inch thick boards out on a flat surface pressed together tightly.
To do this we started by gluing and screwing the bottom rail to both sides stiles.
For the wheels use 1 2 inch wood.
Build the door steps 2 10.
This is a step by step guide to building your own barn door complete with a list of all the materials you ll need to complete the job.
Choose the guide that works best for your door.
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.
If your barn door doesn t have a groove in it there are roller guides and adjustable roller guides that will work.
Thanks for the great blog.
I m a girl who needs to build new barn doors for a real barn with real horses who would rather be in their pasture instead of getting their dewormer.
If needed you can substitute 1x10 t g boards for 1x8 1x12 or even 2x6 or 2x8 boards.
It s time to assemble the frame of the barn door.
Hang the door step 11 13 before you begin measure the width of the door from the outside edges of the casing then order a hardware kit with a track twice that width.
The simplest guide is an l shaped metal bracket that mounts to the floor and fits into a groove cut in the bottom of the door.
This will ensure that your door is square.
Use a 2 inch circular drill bit to cut two 4 inch wheels for each side of the door.
Measure from both corners of the door before screwing the middle rail to the stiles.
If you are building a barn with wooden siding put nicest boards aside for doors trims.
As this blogger explains once you have the materials this is a simple project and you shouldn t need to set aside more than a day to complete it.
You can countersink the nuts in the back if you want them flush.
11 how to build a barn door on a budget.
On the back side if the door use locking nuts to secure the steel.
Lay them on a bench or table so that the ends of the boards are hanging off the sides of the table with the undersides accessible.