How Do You Build A Barn Door

This is going to be a two part series.

How do you build a barn door.

If you are building a barn with wooden siding put nicest boards aside for doors trims. Use inexpensive pine from home depot. We re building sliding barn doors. If you are only making one door you could get it done in a day.

It s easy to see why. If needed you can substitute 1x10 t g boards for 1x8 1x12 or even 2x6 or 2x8 boards. Https amzn to 35vwjwi get your barndoor hardware here amazon link. Http amzn to 2ka3plm tools list amazon li.

Building a sliding barn door means you don t have to rip open and reframe a wall for a pocket door. Lightly sand before each coat. In my case the door was quite large. After all the materials are on site the total time for this project is about one day to build and one day to paint for both doors.

Before putting it together sand each board and then coat each board with polyurethane stain. We have an awesome building project for you today. Whether for the bathroom bedroom or laundry room entry deciding to build a barn wood door can ensure added privacy and style. Building a barn door is a simple project.

Please check out our book. The size will vary depending in your door opening. Before you start shopping for barn door hardware take a careful look at the area where you would like to install the barn door and figure out what door setup works best. 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.

I recommend 2 coats. First build the barn door. 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.