How To Build A Outside Sliding Barn Door
It s time to assemble the frame of the barn door.
How to build a outside sliding barn door. Sliding doors should extend at least an inch beyond the sides of the opening that don t have trim or an inch beyond the moldings of openings with trim. To determine the door width add at least two inches to the width of the opening or to the outside dimensions of the door trim. Sliding barn style doors for the lean to on the garage. Determine the width of the last t g piece to build up the door to an exact 75 width.
This will ensure that your door is square. This side will be the outside of your door when you are done. Measure from both corners of the door before screwing the middle rail to the stiles. Cut list for installing a sliding door.
To do this we started by gluing and screwing the bottom rail to both sides stiles. Slightly tighten all of the boards with c clamps. If you want you can use pocket holes for your frame and simply cut the horizontal pieces to your finished size minus two times the width of your verticals. Also show you how to install it.
Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build. I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes. What type of wood do you use to make a barn door. Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room.
On the door these are your vertical boards. 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. Lay all of the boards with nice side up or rough side up if using barn siding. Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door.
Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door. You can add more overlap for extra privacy. Build the door steps 2 10.