Double sliding barn doors can be built two ways.
How to build double sliding barn doors.
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Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door.
If the doorway has moldings measure from outside edge to outside edge to determine the proper door width add about 4 to 6 inches to your measurement.
I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern.
Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room.
Hang the diy sliding barn door.
Ideally the door will cover 2 to 3 inches beyond the opening on each side.
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.
Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build.
We re building sliding barn doors.
Using a tape measure begin at the left edge of the opening and measure straight across to the right edge.
Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door.
Take 2 of these boards and cut the groove off of each board taking approximately 1 2 off on one side only.
Also show you how to install it.
I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
The first sharing how to build the barn door and the second will be talking about barn door hardware and installation in our attic family room.
Building one 12 x8 double sliding door cut 18 1x10x96 t g boards.
Double check your dimensions and math before mounting the track.
These can be full size or half size so you d have two doors but they d open in the middle of a regular size door frame and only extend about 18 inches per side.
With the track mounted finish the job by putting the door on the track.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.
Side by side sliding doors this means you ll have two sliding doors on the same track that can open in the same or opposite directions depending on the size of your track.