Cut the trim pieces.
Make a barn door out of plywood.
Drill your holes to attach track to the wall.
Mark the measurements for the door on the sheet of plywood.
The 1 x 4s will be used on the diagonals and to frame out the outside of the door.
Hold the cut sheet of plywood in place over the opening to verify the measurements.
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Place the sheet of plywood on the sawhorses.
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.
You can t even tell that the door is made from plywood.
Choose which side will be the front.
Cut a sheet of 3 4 plywood to the size of your door opening plus the trim.
With help lift the barn wood door and roll it onto the track.
Frame of mind since a flat piece of plywood would make for a pretty boring sliding door you re going to want to purchase some 1 x 4s and a 1 x 6 to create a barn house effect on your door.
How to build a sliding barn door cut plywood to the size of the door frame.
If your plywood has one side that looks nicer than the other choose which side you.
Using your level check that the track and your mounting board are level and mark where each hole will be drilled.
Once the edges have been.
The 1 x 6 will serve as the horizontal middle of the door.
Glue the planks to the frame of the door with wood glue and use wood filler to fill in cracks.
If you want to cover the opening with one door you ll need an area on one side of the opening that s wide enough for the door.
Step 3 cut two 1 inch by 4 inch planks to the width of the door with a miter saw.
Once i had the whole thing assembled i measured and drilled the holes for the barn door hardware.
In this video i ll show you how to build a wooden barn door for under a 100.
Here are the materials we used.
Once the pieces have been cut sand down the edges.
This includes the hardware and track.
If you hardware kit didn t come with stoppers we recommend adding one stop.
The ones we used and the ones i wish we had purchased.
Cut the door out of the plywood using a circular saw.
Place the cut plywood up to the door.