Making A Sliding Barn Door Out Of Old Wood

In this video i show how i made this wood sliding barn door with a modern twist.

Making a sliding barn door out of old wood.

On the end grain of the rails use a framing square to mark the outline of a 1 x 4 tenon. Next cut two more pieces for the top and bottom rails to 1 inch longer than the total width of the door. We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store. Of course once you have it constructed you will need to fill the holes sand and paint it and hang it.

Here another shot of the completed barn door in our master bathroom. A barn door in 30 minutes. The first sharing how to build the barn door and the second will be talking about barn door hardware and installation in our attic family room. To hang it you can follow the instructions found in the barn door hardware kit you choose.

The instructions for how to build a sliding barn door included below are concise easy to follow and contain a full list of tools and materials that you ll need. Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers. Cut two pieces of 2 x 6 wood to the height of the door. 14 steps to building your.

Diy sliding barn door. Make sure these are fairly straight otherwise plane them down. A sliding door for your barn can provide easy access to the shop for large projects when other kinds of large doors are impractical. This is going to be a two part series.

We have an awesome building project for you today. 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.