How To Construct A Barn 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.

How to construct a barn door.

For the wheels use 1 2 inch wood. Sliding doors should extend at least an inch beyond the sides of the opening that don t have trim or an inch. Once you have measured the opening add at least 2 inches to the width to ensure you are covering sides that don t have trim. If you are building a barn with wooden siding put nicest boards aside for doors trims.

If needed you can substitute 1x10 t g boards for 1x8 1x12 or even 2x6 or 2x8 boards. With a helper hoist the door onto the track and slide it to the stop. Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims. Mark the screw locations drill pilot holes.

Tools needed for building a sliding barn door. Select the room and door you want to swap out for the barn wood door. Barn doors are typically built from locally available materials. Let s set the frames off to.

We started by cutting all the boards for the. Choose your barn door hardware before. First item of business was to break down all these boards. Join our facebook group.

Mark a straight line using a level where the sliding barn door rail will attach to the header. How to build a sliding barn door supplies needed for building a sliding barn door. In most cases they are built from rough sawn lumber that s similar to the barn boards used to build the barn. Mark and drill the first and last pilot hole positions by holding the metal rail so the line is centered in the screw.

On the back side if the door use locking nuts to secure the steel. Do you want to connect with other woodworkers. I marked mine in the. Install the other stop.

Measure the opening to determine the door width add at least two inches to the width of the opening or to the outside dimensions of the. For my barn door i chose locally available rough sawn white pine. Position the l shaped floor guide so that it contains the door in both its open and closed positions. You can countersink the nuts in the back if you want them flush.

Fasten the left and right wheels to the door with 1inch wide steel. Use a 2 inch circular drill bit to cut two 4 inch wheels for each side of the door. Remove the door you are planning to replace and measure the door opening to determine your door size and how much appearance board you will need.