Make A Slide Door

First thing first building the frame of the door.

Make a slide door.

Our door is 8 tall so we cut two 8 pieces and four. Each door is essentially a series of horizontal s. Pick sliding door hardware make a plan. Learn how to make a sliding door for your home for under 40 1.

How to build install a sliding door step 1. This is important once you get to inserting the glass panels. Take your door height and subtract 33 then divide by 5 the number of openings and that is how much space should be between the slats. Keep in mind that.

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. The structure will feel flimsy and wobbly but that s okay. You ll want some of these cool sliding doors for your garage once you see how simple they are to construct. This sliding barn door tutorial is detailed with step by step instructions to build your own custom barn door.

You can use nails to attach your masonite to the wooden frame or to fix them with brads. We started by picking everbilt sliding door hardware available at home. The barn door looks best if it overlaps the opening by at least. Videos you watch may be added to.

You first need to build the diy sliding door frame using 2 2 lumber. The first thing i did was layout my 5 pieces of 1 6 boards side by side butted up against. Use a square to make sure you attach everything square. If playback doesn t begin shortly try restarting your device.

Make sure you space evenly. How to build a sliding barn door in 30 minutes materials and tools. You will require the aid of a screw driver. You don t need an architect s plans to build a door you just need a drill or even less a screw driver.

How to make a sliding barn door with diy pete. How to build and install a sliding door step 1. The opening was 24 5 x 96 5. Before building the door measure the doorway.