To avoid paying 50 or more for pint size sliding door hardware kristine repurposed a 1 inch flat metal bar and metal garden edging stakes.
How to make a mini barn door.
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Measure and mark the size of your door on your plywood.
Fasten at the rear with a nut.
Remember to add 2 inches to your door opening so your new barn door will cover the opening.
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Next glue and screw the bottom mullion to the bottom rail and middle rail.
If your bolts overhang you can trim them down with a grinder or hacksaw.
This will ensure that your door is square.
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Next line up the holes in the doors with the holes in the pegs and push the bolts through.
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.
She also drilled holes through both sides of each stake she would be using.
It s time to assemble the frame of the barn door.
She cut the bar to length then drilled screw holes to mount it.
Measure from both corners of the door before screwing the middle rail to the stiles.
Choose your barn door hardware before determining the door height.
Cut your boards to size and create pattern now that you have measured the opening it s time to cut your lumber to size.
From your measurement will give you the minimum door height required.
To do this we started by gluing and screwing the bottom rail to both sides stiles.