I didn t have to cut any of these pieces but if your opening is not 8ft you will need to measure and cut accordingly.
How to build a sliding barn door for a shed.
Continue doing this to all the openings.
Also show you how to install it.
You ll find all of these details in the upcoming shed story.
I accomplish this by ripping a 2 4 down to between 2 1 2 and 3 in.
If you are building a barn with wooden siding put nicest boards aside for doors trims.
Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims.
If needed you can substitute 1x10 t g boards for 1x8 1x12 or even 2x6 or 2x8 boards.
The last step is to mount the hanger plates to the top of 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.
I added a little bit of wood glue between each piece to give the door stability.
Build the door the first thing i did was layout my 5 pieces of 1 6 boards side by side butted up against each other.
Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door.
Glue and nail flush with the face of the door using a pin nailer and 1 23 ga pin nails.
Cut list for installing a sliding door designed to cover a 30 inch wide opening with 4 inch casing on either side this door measures 38 inches wide by 2 inches thick by 83 inches tall.
Grab a pencil mark the length of the inside of the panel opening and cut to size on the miter saw.
1x6 pine boards for the back.
Then i screw the aluminum track to the 2x support.