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.
How to build double sliding barn doors.
We re building sliding barn doors.
Using a tape measure begin at the left edge of the opening and measure straight across to the right edge.
We have an awesome building project for you today.
You don t want to have to cut down the door or reposition the track if it s in the wrong spot.
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.
Double sliding barn doors can be built two ways.
Double sliding barn doors.
Building one 12 x8 double sliding door cut 18 1x10x96 t g boards.
Side by side sliding doors this means you ll have two sliding doors on the same track that can open in the same or opposite directions depending on the size of your track.
Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.
I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern.
Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build.
Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door.
Ideally the door will cover 2 to 3 inches beyond the opening on each side.
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.
Double check your dimensions and math before mounting the track.
With the track mounted finish the job by putting the door on the track.
I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes.
Take 2 of these boards and cut the groove off of each board taking approximately 1 2 off on one side only.
These can be full size or half size so you d have two doors but they d open in the middle of a regular size door frame and only extend about 18 inches per side.
Also show you how to install it.