This is going to be a two part series.
How to make a sliding barn door hardware.
Sliding doors should extend at least an inch beyond the sides of the opening that don t have trim or an inch beyond the moldings of openings with trim.
It took about an hour or two to build each doors with just a few basic tools and lumber found that can be found at any standard lumber store.
Check the measuring instructions or ask the manufacturer for help.
Once all of the holes are predrilled and the wheels are assembled you can attach the barn door track to the piece of furniture.
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Don t want to build your own.
You ll also need a nut driver bit to drill the hex screws into the barn door track.
We re building sliding barn doors.
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.
Building a sliding barn door means you don t have to rip open and reframe a wall for a pocket door.
Https amzn to 2cx7rp0 square splinter version of the popular diy rustic barn.
Barn tracking and hardware kits have come a long way in the last few years.
How to design your sliding barn doors.
Owg step by step diy barn door plans.
For a single sliding barn door the hardware and supplies are even less expensive and the whole project would have been under 200.
Here is a link to a good budget set of hardware.
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.
They are surprisingly simple to create.
You can add more overlap for extra privacy.
You can find a set of bits here.
It s easy to see why.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
Diy barn door hardware painting.