Make Your Own Barn Door Slider

And voila another sliding barn door built.

Make your own barn door slider.

Ready to install options can be costly and the idea of creating a diy barnwood door may seem intimidating but this guide will teach you how to choose your lumber remove your current door and install a brand new custom barn wood door in just a few steps. And it should be about 4 to 5 inches wider. Whether for the bathroom bedroom or laundry room entry deciding to build a barn wood door can ensure added privacy and style. The opening was 24 5 x 96 5.

Double sliding barn doors can be built two ways. Check out this post for a great tutorial on how to hang your sliding barn door. Barn door kit barn door hardware kit diy sliding barn door note. The simplest guide is an l shaped metal bracket that mounts to the floor and fits into a groove cut in the bottom of the door.

Keep in mind that your barn door should be about 1 2 to 3 4 taller than your opening. Hang the door step 11 13 before you begin measure the width of the door from the outside edges of the casing then order a hardware kit with a track twice that width. This will give you a couple of inches of overlap on your trim and help create more privacy. The 9 and 10 diy kits will be shipped in lengths of 4 5 and 5 with splice plates.

Side by side sliding doors this means you ll have two sliding doors on the same track that can open in the same or opposite directions depending on the size of your track. Double sliding barn doors. Choose the guide that works best for your door. I am hoping to make it work.

In the pictures below my handle had not yet come. Build your own diy barn door hardware for 20. Your barn door is now ready to hang. 14 steps to building your own sliding barn doors step 1.

Kelly on october 21 2017 at 2 07 am. Build the door steps 2 10. To finish it off i added a 14 square cast iron handle pull. These can be full size or half size so you d have two doors but they d open in the middle.

If your barn door doesn t have a groove in it there are roller guides and adjustable roller guides that will work. The first thing i did was measure the door opening. Much easier to do than you might think.