Make Your Own Barn Door Slider

Build the door steps 2 10.

Make your own barn door slider.

Keep in mind that your barn door should be about 1 2 to 3 4 taller than your opening. In the pictures below my handle had not yet come. I am hoping to make it work. Double sliding barn doors can be built two ways.

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. Plan for a 2 day project. Choose the guide that works best for your door. Ready to install options can be costly and the idea of creating a diy barnwood door may seem intimidating but this guide will teach you how to choose your lumber remove your current door and install a brand new custom barn wood door in just a few steps.

Each door sliding in opposite directions. Much easier to do than you might think. Double sliding barn doors. Kelly on october 21 2017 at 2 07 am.

Build your own diy barn door hardware for 20. 14 steps to building your own sliding barn doors step 1. This will give you a couple of inches of overlap on your trim and help create more privacy. Check out this post for a great tutorial on how to hang your sliding barn door.

Barn door kit barn door hardware kit diy sliding barn door note. The first thing i did was measure the door opening. 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. The opening was 24 5 x 96 5.

And voila another sliding barn door built. Your barn door is now ready to hang. 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. Rustica hardware s revolutionary diy barn door kit is the most cost effective way to add the beautiful character of a barn door to your bedroom living room or bathroom.

To finish it off i added a 14 square cast iron handle pull. The 9 and 10 diy kits will be shipped in lengths of 4 5 and 5 with splice plates. These can be full size or half size so you d have two doors but they d open in the middle.