But what to do when you love the barn door look but don t have the wall space for the sliding door rail.
How to convert door to sliding barn door.
Make sure to spread the spackling slightly outside of the spot too so there s a nice transition between where the spot was and the rest of the surface.
Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door.
Cut two 1x4s to the height of your door and two 1x4s seven inches shorter than the width of your door.
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Create an outer frame on the door with 1x4s.
Measure the width and height of the door.
Check out his easy to follow video tutorial and you ll be impressing the ones you love in no time at all.
Trim along this score line using a circular saw for a precise cut.
He s got the process down cold.
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The black door hardware coordinates perfectly with the black kitchen island and black stools.
Once the side trim was attached we measured and cut the bottom trim to size and attached it with wood glue and 1 1 4 brad nails.
We cut the side trim pieces to size and attached them to the side of the barn door with 1 1 4 brad nails and wood glue.
Use a putty knife to smooth spackling over the spot where the hardware used to be.
To do this measure the door lengthwise and score a line across the bottom.
Also show you how to install it.
The spackling should slightly overfill the spot as you ll be sanding it smooth later.
Sliding barn door hardware.
When converting your hinged door to a barn door you may or may not need to adjust the length of the door to ensure that it slides smoothly on the railing and ground track without scraping across the floor.
If you need to convert bi fold doors to sliding doors for a closet you don t want to miss this guy.
Isn t the black sliding barn door hardware gorgeous.