How To Build A Simple Barn Door

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How to build a simple barn door.

Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room. I started out my cutting 4 boards at 8 feet long. With the track mounted finish the job by putting the door on the track. It s easy to see why.

If you are only making one door you could get it done in a day. I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern. Carefully roll it into each end to determine where to place the stops. Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build.

I ve broken everything down into easy to follow steps on how to build a barn door and how to install a barn door by yourself too. Building a barn door is not hard if you have some basic woodworking skills and good directions. Building a barn door is a simple project. 10 pieces of tongue and groove pine 8 ft tall or however tall you want it it comes in 6 ft 8 ft and 12 ft at home depot.

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. I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes. Today i have a beginners guide to building a barn door with free plans and a video tutorial. Like it took me literally less than an hour and that was with a few stops to wrangle a few fighting kids and feed them a quick lunch.

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. Here is what we used to make our barn door. This barn door was super simple to make. We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board.

Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door. Mount the end stops bottom guides and any other hardware according to your specific set of instructions.