So my husband and i decided to build one and i absolutely love it.
How to build a large 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.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.
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The addition i am build in.
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Attach four track wheels to the top of the door.
I loved my rustic barn door and i loved that it was an easy solution for a door in my craft room but i wanted a more modern barn door in there to match the rest of our house.
We re building sliding barn doors.
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.
Thicker wood will make the door better at keeping heat in but will also make it heavier.
This is going to be a two part series.
Barn doors that swing out need to be mounted on very large and strong hinges and sliding barn doors need to be properly balanced and hung on high quality hardware in order to work properly.
Hang the door on the door frame source.
If you are building a barn with wooden siding put nicest boards aside for doors trims.
Install a sliding door track the length of the door along the top of the door frame.
Repeat steps 1 through 5 above only this time saw four 1 by 6 beams and make the frame large enough to cover the entire doorway.
Whatever wood you decide to use for your door try to pick nicer boards without cracks loose knots and bows.