Since these doors are heavy he easiest way to construct them is to build the door on the ground first and hang it second.
Building exterior sliding barn doors.
To begin building your metal barn doors place each 2x6x8 piece of lumber in place to form a large rectangle.
If you are building a barn with wooden siding put nicest boards aside for doors trims.
It s easy to see why.
Screw each piece of lumber together.
This is going to be a two part series.
Diy sliding barn door hardware is available in all manner of styles and budgets and the door options are limitless from salvage finds to original diy creations like this one a mix of pallet wood and common cedar.
The simplest way to build a door is to use 1x10 t g barn siding for the door and regular straight edge 1x10 barn siding for trims and cross bucks.
Building a sliding barn door means you don t have to rip open and reframe a wall for a pocket door.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
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We re building sliding barn doors.