Vbuild A Simple Barn Door

If you are only making one door you could get it done in a day.

Vbuild a simple barn door.

I used staple gun to. How to make a diy rustic barn door and hardware know your options for barn door hardware. Building a barn door is a simple project. Mark a straight line using a level where the sliding barn door rail will attach to the header.

I marked mine in the. Now that all the cuts are made begin applying wood glue to the trim and clamp in place while the glue dries. I used 4x8 foot 1 4 inch panel board and cut to needed size. I had an idea for a simple barn door and wanted to see if i could build it myself.

Measure and frame measure doorway to get the measurements you need and use 1x4x8 boards to build frame. Repeat this process and continue gluing and clamping around the entire door until all of the outside trim pieces are in place. How to build a sliding barn door in 30 minutes materials and tools. 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.

The opening was 24 5 x 96 5. The first thing i did was measure the door opening. Keep in mind that. Next drive a 2 3 screw into the first pilot hole mark and.

Before you start shopping for barn door hardware take a careful look at the. To determine the door width add at least two inches to the width of the opening or to the outside. I used a staple gun to connect the boards and a miter saw for any cuts. Mark and drill the first and last pilot hole positions by holding the metal rail so the line is centered in the screw.