Measure and cut the wood the required lengths.
Make large sliding door.
If you don t have an existing soffit in your room on which to hang your doors you can build one by connecting two.
Cut four 2x4s for the door frame and miter each corner to a 45 degree angle.
Barn doors that swing out need to be mounted on very large and strong hinges and sliding barn doors need to be properly balanced and hung on high quality hardware in order to work properly.
You will need to cut the fence boards at 102 inches.
Add filler strips use a miter saw to cut the 15 filler strips according to the cut list.
Each door is essentially a series of horizontal s.
Add the lower stiles and rail leaving a 1 inch channel for the floor guide that.
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Adhere the upper stiles below it flush to the.
In the above example you will need one 84 inch 2x4 two 78 inch lengths two 96 inch lengths one 72 inch length and two 48 inch lengths.
You ll want some of these cool sliding doors for your garage once you see how simple they are to construct.
Thicker wood will make the door better at keeping heat in but will also make it heavier.
Find me one person on this planet that doesn t love a good sliding barn door.
Lay the pieces of wood out as if constructing the door uncut.
Add adhesive and set the top rail flush along the top of the boards.
Our doors were 86 3 4 and the length.