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.
How to build old style barn door.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.
14 steps to building your.
First build the barn door.
In my case the door was quite large.
This is going to be a two part series.
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Use inexpensive pine from home depot.
In this video this old house senior technical editor mark powers builds and installs a sliding barn door.
The size will vary depending in your door opening.
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.
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.
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