How To Frame A Barn Sliding Door

How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1.

How to frame a barn sliding door.

Sliding doors should extend at least an inch beyond the sides of the opening that don t have trim or an inch. Select the room and door you want to swap out for the barn wood door. Removing the doors door hardware. Add filler strips use a miter saw to cut the 15 filler strips according to the cut list.

Steps for building metal barn doors 1. Measure your barn opening to determine the size of the doors. First item of business was to break down all these boards. 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.

Remove the inner trim. 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. Let s set the frames off to. Choose your barn door hardware before.

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. Tools needed for building a sliding barn door. There s a peg in the top. Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door.

In every doorway there s a piece of trim running in the middle that keeps the door from. Place a piece of metal on the far end of the frame. Measure the opening to determine the door width add at least two inches to the width of the opening or to the outside dimensions of the. Add the lower stiles and rail leaving a 1 inch channel for the floor guide that.

Add adhesive and set the top rail flush along the top of the boards. How to build a sliding barn door supplies needed for building a sliding barn door. Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy. Since these doors are heavy he easiest.

Add the next piece of metal to the frame by. Adhere the upper stiles below it flush to the.