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.
How to build an interior sliding barn door.
Mount the end stops bottom guides and any other hardware according to your specific set of instructions.
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 started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
Marking instead of measuring creates easy accurate lines.
Whether for the bathroom bedroom or laundry room entry deciding to build a barn wood door can ensure added privacy and style.
For this project the outer track was wire brushed and heated with a torch before the plum brown solution was applied to create a weathered look.
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Cut the boards inch shorter than the height of the opening to allow the door to pass over the floor guide.
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Reclaimed wood sliding barn door for a rustic look the unpainted steel can be aged with a plum brown solution or blackened with a cold blue solution.
1x6 pine boards for the back.
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.
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Hang the diy sliding barn door.
With the track mounted finish the job by putting the door on the track.
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Carefully roll it into each end to determine where to place the stops.
This is going to be a two part series.