Measure your barn opening to determine the size of the doors.
Make a hinged barn door.
You can however make a 6 wide board and use a 4 hinge but.
Check the measuring instructions or ask the manufacturer for help arriving at the door height.
Install a sliding door track the length of the door along the top of the door frame.
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How to build a large wooden barn door.
Attach four track wheels to the top of the door.
Choose your barn door hardware before determining the door height.
Repeat steps 1 through 5 above only this time saw four 1 by 6 beams and make the frame large enough to cover the.
Add the latch on the outside.
Attach the piano hinge to the edge of the board with screws and screwdriver.
Creating the backboard for the back board the choice of material will depend if you want a smooth finish or a.
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.
Since these doors are heavy he easiest way to construct them is.
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From your measurement will give you the minimum door height required.
Lay the 1 inch thick boards out on a flat surface pressed together tightly.
Steps for building metal barn doors.
Lay a 2x6 across the other boards perpendicular to their direction and 1 foot down from what will be.
Assembly setting up your door tracker cut your two blocks of wood pieces into 13 x 4 pieces.
Your door is done.
Mount the door on the track.
Lay them on a bench or table so that the ends of the boards.