Make A Slide Door

Take your door height and subtract 33 then divide by 5 the number of openings and that is how much space should be between the slats.

Make a slide door.

Our door is 8 tall so we cut two 8 pieces and four. You first need to build the diy sliding door frame using 2 2 lumber. The barn door looks best if it overlaps the opening by at least. Use a square to make sure you attach everything square.

Videos you watch may be added to. The first thing i did was measure the door opening. The opening was 24 5 x 96 5. Make sure you space evenly.

The structure will feel flimsy and wobbly but that s okay. Each door is essentially a series of horizontal s. This sliding barn door tutorial is detailed with step by step instructions to build your own custom barn door. Before building the door measure the doorway.

Learn how to make a sliding door for your home for under 40 1. We started by picking everbilt sliding door hardware available at home. How to make a sliding barn door with diy pete. How to build install a sliding door step 1.

Keep in mind that. If playback doesn t begin shortly try restarting your device. How to build and install a sliding door step 1. The first thing i did was layout my 5 pieces of 1 6 boards side by side butted up against.

You can use nails to attach your masonite to the wooden frame or to fix them with brads. First make a wooden frame that is the same dimension as your masonite using the diagram above to assemble your 2 2 boards with one screw joining each board. You ll want some of these cool sliding doors for your garage once you see how simple they are to construct. You don t need an architect s plans to build a door you just need a drill or even less a screw driver.

Pick sliding door hardware make a plan. Dimensions for your build will largely be dependent on the size of your doorway so that the sliding door is big enough to cover. First thing first building the frame of the door. This is important once you get to inserting the glass panels.