Attach four track wheels to the top of the door.
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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.
If your barn door doesn t have a groove in it there are roller guides and adjustable roller guides that will work.
Install a sliding door track the length of the door along the top of the door frame.
Hang the door on the door frame source.
Repeat this process for the second door.
The hinges should be equidistant from each other.
Because barn doors are so much larger than normal doors you need to take weight and support into account more seriously barn doors that swing out need to.
Hang the door on the door frame source.
The addition i am build in the barn has a 10 10 door opening.
Nail a beam diagonally across the center of the door between the outer frame beams as an extra support.
There are many types of pole barn doors that you can install or build such as swing doors sliding doors overhead doors and more however if you wish to build.
Barn doors do not open by swinging them rather they need to be slide to get opened.
Place four heavy duty hinges on the door starting at the top of the door.
Repeat steps 1 through 5 above only this time saw four 1 by 6 beams and make the frame large enough to cover the entire doorway.