How To Build A Simple Barn Door

Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build.

How to build a simple barn door. Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door. I started out my cutting 4 boards at 8 feet long. Like it took me literally less than an hour and that was with a few stops to wrangle a few fighting kids and feed them a quick lunch. This barn door was super simple to make.

I also like this board because it has. We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board. Hang the diy sliding barn door. Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door.

Building a barn door is a simple project. Mount the end stops bottom guides and any other hardware according to your specific set of instructions. 10 pieces of tongue and groove pine 8 ft tall or however tall you want it it comes in 6 ft 8 ft and 12 ft at home depot. Building a barn door is not hard if you have some basic woodworking skills and good directions.

Carefully roll it into each end to determine where to place the stops. It s easy to see why. After all the materials are on site the total time for this project is about one day to build and one day to paint for both doors. Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room.

I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern. If you are only making one door you could get it done in a day. With the track mounted finish the job by putting the door on the track. Diy sliding barn door hardware is available in all manner of styles and budgets and the door options are limitless from salvage finds to original diy creations like this one a mix of pallet wood and common cedar.

Here is what we used to make our barn door. Today i have a beginners guide to building a barn door with free plans and a video tutorial.