Choose your barn door hardware before determining the door height.
Make a hinged barn door.
Assembly setting up your door tracker cut your two blocks of wood pieces into 13 x 4 pieces.
Drill clearance holes by marking the holes.
Step 2 creating the face frame front bracing.
Measure your barn opening to determine the size of the doors.
Diy barn doors the process step 1.
Steps for building metal barn doors.
Lay the 1 inch thick boards out on a flat surface pressed together tightly.
You can however make a 6 wide board and use a 4 hinge but.
Do you want to connect with other woodworkers.
Repeat steps 1 through 5 above only this time saw four 1 by 6 beams and make the frame large enough to cover the.
Creating the backboard for the back board the choice of material will depend if you want a smooth finish or a.
Mount the door on the track.
Attach the piano hinge to the edge of the board with screws and screwdriver.
Install a sliding door track the length of the door along the top of the door frame.
Since these doors are heavy he easiest way to construct them is.
Add the latch on the outside.
Check the measuring instructions or ask the manufacturer for help arriving at the door height.
In most cases measuring to the top of an opening with no trim or to the top of the trim and subtract 1 2 in.
How to build a large wooden barn door.
Attach four track wheels to the top of the door.
Your door is done.
From your measurement will give you the minimum door height required.