How To Build Your Own Barn Door

I wanted to say thank you for your post on how to build the barn doors my husband and i just followed your directions to build one of our own this weekend.

How to build your own barn door.

Once in place clamp it down to let the glue set and to keep in place while you nail gun the wood to the large sheet on both sides. Save yourself the headache. Habitat for humanity s restore is a great place to start. Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door.

Check the measuring instructions or ask the manufacturer for help arriving at the door height. From your measurement will give you the minimum door height required. Build your own barn doors. It s a perfect addition to add to your living space like for kitchen bathroom bedroom or any other room in your house.

Make sliding barn door media console. Also show you how to install it. Choose your barn door hardware before determining 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.

If you want a little more rustic feel choose rough sawn lumber. When i used to build doors out of white pine i would use 1x10 t g boards for the door itself and 1x10 square edge pine boards for outside inside trims and cross bucks. Build your very own barn door by using the material mentioned here. Our door is made of two 3 4 wood layers the backboard layer and a front face frame layer.

In addition to make the door sturdier you will need to fill the back of the door between trims with either plywood or pine boards the last thing you want is for your horse to kick through the door and make a hole or. Https amzn to 35vwjwiget your barndoor hardware here amazon link. This is what you will attach your reclaimed wood boards to. Barn doors can be incorporated in your interior throughout your home.

Http amzn to 2ka3plmtools list amazon link. The key in building your own barn doors is to keep them strong enough to handle the stress of opening and closing without making them too heavy and cumbersome to operate. Please check out our book. Once the wood is all cut to size line the backside of the wood with wood glue and place down on the large sheet of plywood.