How To Build A Sliding Barn Door For A Pole Barn
Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door.
How to build a sliding barn door for a pole barn. Attach the mounting board by firmly nailing it to the joists inside the pole barn. Snap chalk line across header bottom chord of truss. Apply sheeting to door grid with color matched 12 x stitch screws at 9 o c. Screw each piece of lumber together.
Sliding doors are available in many sizes and can be solid or split into two sections. Lay door grid assembly on a flat surface with built in flashing and vertical member trim strip up not towards ground. When sheeting door sheeting tucks between built in flashing and vertical member trim strip. As one the most cost effective solutions sliding doors are simple and very popular for pole barns used for livestock or horses.
Same pattern as building sidewalls. We inserted the panels into the door centering the panels in the opening. Types of pole barn doors. Cut the boards inch shorter than the height of the opening to allow the door to pass over the floor guide.
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. Typical agricultural pole barn kits have one or two sliding doors most commonly placed on the gable ends of the building although they can be located on the eave walls as well. We cut them to length using the miter saw. Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims.
They re available in either single full doors or two split doors that meet in the middle. When you think of a pole barn you likely imagine it with a traditional sliding door. Make sure the mounting board is slightly larger than the door rails and that it can sustain a lot of weight when supporting the sliding door. Extend track board from end to end for support for full length door opening.
Line the panels up side by side and mark were you want to trim them to length. Place 2x6 track board with top edge flush with chalk line. Attach the mounting board. Also show you how to install it.
1x6 pine boards for the back. If needed you can substitute 1x10 t g boards for 1x8 1x12 or even 2x6 or 2x8 boards. Cut list for installing a sliding door designed to cover a 30 inch wide opening with 4 inch casing on either side this door measures 38 inches wide by 2 inches thick by 83 inches tall. Measure your barn opening to determine the size of the doors.
Assemble the door track. Sliding doors are a popular option for post frame buildings. Then we drilled a couterbore and held the panels in place with a fender washer and a 1 kreg screw.