Build Your Own Sliding Barn Door

Your barn door is now ready to hang.

Build your own sliding barn door.

Choose the guide that works best for your door. Your rustica diy sliding barn door kit will arrive with detailed instructions. To finish it off i added a 14 square cast iron handle pull. First you ll need to assemble your barn door if purchased in individual unassembled slats.

As this blogger explains once you have the materials this is a simple project and you shouldn t need to set aside more than a day to complete it. Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room. Check out this post for a great tutorial on how to hang your sliding barn door. If your barn door doesn t have a groove in it there are roller guides and adjustable roller guides that will work.

And voila another sliding barn door built. Double sliding barn doors can be built two ways. Make sliding barn door media console. To get an overview of the process read the steps below.

Double sliding barn doors. Build your very own barn door by using the material mentioned here. In the pictures below my handle had not yet come. Barn doors can be incorporated in your interior throughout your home.

11 how to build a barn door on a budget. Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door. This is a step by step guide to building your own barn door complete with a list of all the materials you ll need to complete the job. Assemble barn door again this is where a diy barn door kit and a barn door kit differ.

Build your own barn doors. Much easier to do than you might think. Hang the door step 11 13 before you begin measure the width of the door from the outside edges of the casing then order a hardware kit with a track twice that width. We originally wanted to find an old reclaimed door but the size we needed was much larger than a standard sized door so we decided to build our own wood door.

Plan for a 2 day project. I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes. 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. It s a perfect addition to add to your living space like for kitchen bathroom bedroom or any other room in your house.

I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern. Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build. Build the door steps 2 10. The simplest guide is an l shaped metal bracket that mounts to the floor and fits into a groove cut in the bottom of the door.