This finally concludes the main exterior of the 150 yo barn rebuild and conversion to my mac.
Large barn door construction.
Diy sliding barn door hardware is available in all manner of styles and budgets and the door options are limitless from salvage finds to original diy creations like this one a mix of pallet wood and common cedar.
Sliding barn style doors are excellent for large openings where a swing style door might prevent furniture placement.
The first sharing how to build the barn door and the second will be talking about barn door hardware and installation in our attic family room.
Basically she purchased a barn door track and made it to where the screen door could easily be slid back and forth.
I think it looks really nice and unique.
If you have a screen door that always gets banged up or walk through then you ll want to check it out.
Functionally they are big space savers.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.
This is going to be a two part series.
The traditional swinging door typically needs 9 feet or more of space to function properly.
Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims.
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.
Mark the height of the rails on the door and attach them with construction adhesive and nails.
Thicker wood will make the door better at keeping heat in but will also make it heavier.
While this may not be an issue for large houses more space starved homes will find it more than a little problematic.
This barn door idea is really unique and works on the outside of your home.
The 25ft wide by almost 16ft tall barn shop doors are completed.
Because the door is hung from a track the door can be slid along the face of a wall into place and stored on the wall when not in use.
Sliding doors are a popular option for post frame buildings.
Barn doors that swing out need to be mounted on very large and strong hinges and sliding barn doors need to be properly balanced and hung on high quality hardware in order to work properly.
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Why sliding barn doors.
If needed you can substitute 1x10 t g boards for 1x8 1x12 or even 2x6 or 2x8 boards.
Barn doors come with both functional and aesthetic benefits.
Typical agricultural pole barn kits have one or two sliding doors most commonly placed on the gable ends of the building although they can be located on the eave walls as well.
Because the nails protruded slightly from the opposite side we shortened them a bit by holding them with locking pliers and grinding off the tips on a bench grinder.