Sliding door hardware can be used on almost any style of door.
How to install a sliding bedroom door.
The barn door looks best if it overlaps the opening by at least.
Then screw the tracks down in place with your drill.
Place shims around the edges and top of.
Make a pilot hole in your floor through the track s pre drilled hole.
How to build and install a sliding door the problem.
Before building the door measure the doorway.
Screw together the two 8 pieces and two 47 pieces to make a rectangle.
How to build and install a sliding door step 1.
Tilt the door into the opening with the bottom side going in first using shims as necessary to create a secure fit.
Build paint and hang.
Sliding aka barn doors are on trend and easy to install.
Pack up one end if it isn t.
We re adding two narrow strips of wood a quarter inch apart to the bottom of each door.
Cut 1 x2 x8 boards to make the outer frame of the door.
Use your spirit level to make sure the floor is level before laying the tracks on the floor.
Apply wood glue everywhere two wood pieces meet and attach with screws.
Our door is 8 tall so we cut two 8 pieces and four.
Use shims under screw holes to help keep your threshold in good shape.
The barn door looks best if it.
When you install them they should divide your door horizontally into thirds about 32 apart.
Begin positioning the door into the opening from your exterior area.
Install tracks for the doors.
Use the other two 47 pieces of wood to make the horizontal supports in the interior frame.