How To Build Garage Barn Doors
My garage door is 9 by 11 and hard to find any good looking doors.
How to build garage barn doors. Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers. The door will slide to the side outside the plane of the front of the garage. Three simple steps to build swing out garage doors. In this video i ll show you how to build a wooden barn door for under a 100.
Construct the door out of wood and attach a sliding track to the door so you can slide it open. This will ensure that your door is square. Measure from both corners of the door before screwing the middle rail to the stiles. I m wrapping up a project for a client an.
The first step in making swing out garage doors is designing the door. To do this we started by gluing and screwing the bottom rail to both sides stiles. Divide the height evenly by three. The most efficient way to design it is by drawings.
Measure the width and height of the door opening. 14 steps to building your. I searched and searched the internet for door plans or ideas very little help. It s time to assemble the frame of the barn door.
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. A bright red color will enhance the barn garage door look. Make three panels each measuring the width of the door by the height obtained in step 2. Next glue and screw the bottom mullion to the bottom rail and middle rail.
This includes the hardware and track. We ll make a 12 foot 3 7 meter wide and 9 foot 2 7 meter high door opening.