In this video i ll show you how to build a wooden barn door for under a 100.
How big to build a interior barn door.
In my case the door was quite large.
Most barn door sizes fall anywhere between 36 wide on the shorter side by 96 tall on the longer side.
At just a little over 1000 total square feet in the floor plan space is at a premium.
Cut the boards inch shorter than the height of the opening to allow the door to pass over the floor guide.
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.
The size will vary depending in your door opening.
Lightly sand before each coat.
Using a large square we marked and cut the plywood to match the height of the 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.
Our doors hang 3 4 above the highest point of the ground and 5 8 below the hardware giving a total height of 82.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
1x6 pine boards for the back.
I recommend 2 coats.
We re building sliding barn doors.
Before putting it together sand each board and then coat each board with polyurethane stain.
I m wrapping up a project for a client an.
To begin building your metal barn doors place each 2x6x8 piece of lumber in place to form a large rectangle.
Screw each piece of lumber together.
This is going to be a two part series.
This includes the hardware and track.
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Barn doors can fit into nearly any decor.
Measure the opening to determine the door width add at least two inches to the width of the opening or to the outside dimensions of the door trim.
Even the highest quality plywood often has an uneven and unsightly finish on its sides.
First build the barn door.
Generally most standard barn doors are approximately 36 x 84 or 42 x 80 with enough extra lip to overlap most standard door frames 36 x 80 by an inch or so.
For that very reason they have become the door of choice in our new simple house that we are currently building at the farm.
Since these doors are heavy he easiest way to construct them is to build the door on the ground first and hang it second.