Making A Rolling Barn Door

Barn doors are everywhere and as mandi puts it they are like puppies everyone loves them.

Making a rolling barn door.

With a helper hoist the door onto the track and slide it to the stop. Line the panels up side by side and mark were you want to trim them to length. We inserted the panels into the door centering the panels in the opening. Here s how to build a sliding barn door 53 diy barn door ideas and plans decision time.

Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door. The door to the closet was removed a few years back when revamping the space to maximize on shelf area. Lay the pieces of wood out as if constructing the door uncut. We ve been loving the rustic barn door for awhile we built a barn door inspired baby gate then turned it into a full dutch door and when you add the sliding door hardware to the equation it makes a statement that s hard to beat.

Position the l shaped floor guide so that it contains the door in both its open and closed positions. A rolling door with diy hardware using plumbing pipe. 35 beautiful barn doors rolling door hardware. Also show you how to install it.

We cut them to length using the miter saw. Mark the screw locations drill pilot holes. Then we drilled a couterbore and held the panels in place with a fender washer and a 1 kreg screw. Please check out our book.

Before showing you a list of tools and materials you ll need for this project i need to let you know. The simplest way to build a door is to use 1x10 t g barn siding for the door and regular straight edge 1x10 barn siding for trims and cross bucks. If your barn door doesn t have a groove in it there are roller guides and adjustable roller guides that will work. The simplest guide is an l shaped metal bracket that mounts to the floor and fits into a groove cut in the bottom of the door.

The popularity of rolling doors continues and even though i m not in favor of following every trend adding a door of this style was the only solution for our master closet. Cut and prep the wood. Roll the door on install a doorstop at one end. Choose the guide that works best for your door.

Install the other stop. Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims. Https amzn to 35vwjwi get your barndoor hardware here amazon link.