Hoe To Build Barn Door

Cut list for installing a sliding door.

Hoe to build barn door. Supplies for diy barn doors. We have an awesome building project for you today. Since sharing the studio s before and after transformation one of the most frequently requested posts has been to show you how to build a barn door on a budget after all we transformed a closet into a pantry and we needed to close the space. In my case the door was quite large.

First build the barn door. 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. What type of wood do you use to make a barn door. This includes the hardware and track.

Lightly sand before each coat. We wanted them to hide the frame around the door opening when they were closed. The size will vary depending in your door opening. Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims.

Our doors were custom built to the measurements we needed. If you want to cover the opening with one door you ll need an area on one side of the opening that s wide enough for the door. Before putting it together sand each board and then coat each board with polyurethane stain. The finished size of each barn door we built is almost 7 tall and 3 3 wide.

Before you start shopping for barn door hardware take a careful look at the area where you would like to install the barn door and figure out what door setup works best. I ve asked them for some input and together we ve put together a guide on how to take on the build. Build the door steps 2 10. 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.

We re building sliding barn doors. My dad and eric built the barn doors. If needed you can substitute 1x10 t g boards for 1x8 1x12 or even 2x6 or 2x8 boards. The total cost for our project was 100 per door plus 115 hanging hardware plus stain 350.

We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store. This is going to be a two part series. Use inexpensive pine from home depot. In this video i ll show you how to build a wooden barn door for under a 100.