How To Make A Barn Door With Plywood

Before you start shopping for barn door hardware take a careful look at the area where you would like to install the barn door and figure out what door setup works best.

How to make a barn door with plywood.

Cut a sheet of 3 4 plywood to the size of your door opening plus the trim. Drill your holes to attach track to the wall. Choose which side will be the front. If your plywood has one side that looks nicer than the other choose which side you.

With help lift the barn wood door and roll it onto the track. 3 4 plywood for the back of the doors 1 x6 boards for the top and bottom trims 1 x4 boards for remaining trim 10ft barn door track kit listing has other sizes 10 inch black steel door handle. Cut the trim pieces. The ones we used and the ones i wish we had purchased.

Glue the planks to the frame of the door with wood glue and use wood filler to fill in cracks. Once the edges have been. Assemble the pieces together to make sure that all of them fit properly. A sheet of 3 4 inch exterior grade plywood cut to size and fitted with t strap hinges bolted to the door is about all it takes.

If you hardware kit didn t come with stoppers we recommend adding one stop. Once the pieces have been cut sand down the edges. Here are the materials we used. For larger doors wooden braces attach at the back and prevent the.

Spread glue on the backside of the planks you just cut. How to build a sliding barn door cut plywood to the size of the door frame. Place them on the plywood that you cut out for the door.