How To Build A Sliding Barn Door For A Shed
You ll find all of these details in the upcoming shed story.
How to build a sliding barn door for a shed. If needed you can substitute 1x10 t g boards for 1x8 1x12 or even 2x6 or 2x8 boards. Depending on how thick the door is and attaching it to the shed wall with lag screws. If you are building a barn with wooden siding put nicest boards aside for doors trims. Continue doing this to all the openings.
Then i screw the aluminum track to the 2x support. 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. Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door. I didn t have to cut any of these pieces but if your opening is not 8ft you will need to measure and cut accordingly.
1x6 pine boards for the back. The last step is to mount the hanger plates to the top of door. Cut the boards inch shorter than the height of the opening to allow the door to pass over the floor guide. This is probable the longest process throughout the project.
Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims. Grab a pencil mark the length of the inside of the panel opening and cut to size on the miter saw. Glue and nail flush with the face of the door using a pin nailer and 1 23 ga pin nails. 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.
I accomplish this by ripping a 2 4 down to between 2 1 2 and 3 in.