Making A Sliding Door

Assemble the diy modern sliding door frame.

Making a sliding door.

Measure your door opening. The barn door looks best if it overlaps the opening by at least. With a helper hoist the door onto the track and slide it to the stop. Our door is 8 tall so we cut two 8 pieces and four.

Pick sliding door hardware make a plan. Install the other stop. Drill 3 4 pocket holes in both ends of all the 1 6 boards. Before building the door measure the doorway.

Dimensions for your build will largely be dependent on the size of your doorway so that the sliding door is big enough to cover. If your door opening is trimmed. How to build install a sliding door step 1. Save pin it see more images.

How to build and install a sliding door step 1. We started by picking everbilt sliding door hardware available at home. The first thing i did was layout my 5 pieces of 1 6 boards side by side butted up against. You first need to build the diy sliding door frame using 2 2 lumber.

The opening was 24 5 x 96 5. Keep in mind that. The structure will feel flimsy and wobbly but that s okay. Videos you watch may be added to.

How to build a sliding barn door in 30 minutes materials and tools. Position the l shaped floor guide so that it contains the door in both its open and closed positions. Roll the door on install a doorstop at one end. The first thing i did was measure the door opening.

If playback doesn t begin shortly try restarting your device. First make a wooden frame that is the same dimension as your masonite using the diagram above to assemble your 2 2 boards with one screw joining each board. Mark the screw locations drill pilot holes.