How To Build In A Sliding Door

Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door.

How to build in a sliding door.

Plan for a 2 day project. 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. How to build a sliding barn door for less money 03 13 hgtv remodeling expert laurie march built a sliding barn door for privacy between a master bedroom and bathroom. We read the instructions and sketched a simple plan of what we wanted the door to look like.

The main structure of the door is a piece of plywood to achieve the thickness needed for the hangers we bought 1x3 lumber to make a frame. We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store. I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern. We have an awesome building project for you today.

Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room. This is going to be a two part series. Dimensions for your build will largely be dependent on the size of your doorway so that the sliding door is big enough to. We re building sliding barn doors.

14 steps to building your own sliding barn doors step 1. I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes. Hang the door step 11 13 before you begin measure the width of the door from the outside edges of the casing then order a hardware kit with a track twice that width. You first need to build the diy sliding door frame using 2 2 lumber.

Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door. We started by picking everbilt sliding door hardware available at home depot. Also show you how to install it.