Choose your barn door hardware before.
How to frame a barn sliding door.
Let s set the frames off to.
How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1.
Select the room and door you want to swap out for the barn wood door.
Also show you how to install it.
Sliding doors should extend at least an inch beyond the sides of the opening that don t have trim or an inch.
Once you have measured the opening add at least 2 inches to the width to ensure you are covering sides that don t have trim.
Remove the door you are planning to replace and measure the door opening to determine your door size and how much appearance board you will need.
Since these doors are heavy he easiest.
Measure your barn opening to determine the size of the doors.
Place a piece of metal on the far end of the frame.
How to build a sliding barn door supplies needed for building a sliding barn door.
Steps for building metal barn doors 1.
We started by cutting all the boards for the.
Adhere the upper stiles below it flush to the.
Add the lower stiles and rail leaving a 1 inch channel for the floor guide that.
The hardware needs to installed along the top of the wall but there isn t enough clearance to the far left so i think the best solution is to frame out the opening to 1 make the opening smaller 2 install a header so there is enough clearance along the top to install the hardware.
Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door.
Add filler strips use a miter saw to cut the 15 filler strips according to the cut list.
The door will slide left to right.
In every doorway there s a piece of trim running in the middle that keeps the door from.
Remove the inner trim.
Add the next piece of metal to the frame by.
Add adhesive and set the top rail flush along the top of the boards.
Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy.
Removing the doors door hardware.
There s a peg in the top.