We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
Making a sliding barn door out of old wood.
On the end grain of the rails use a framing square to mark the outline of a 1 x 4 tenon.
Of course once you have it constructed you will need to fill the holes sand and paint it and hang it.
Next cut two more pieces for the top and bottom rails to 1 inch longer than the total width of the door.
We have an awesome building project for you today.
It is a really simple design but has a different look than a lot of barn d.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.
It only required a total of 8 cuts.
A barn door in 30 minutes.
Diy sliding barn door.
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.
This is going to be a two part series.
Here another shot of the completed barn door in our master bathroom.
In this video i show how i made this wood sliding barn door with a modern twist.
Make sure these are fairly straight otherwise plane them down.
To hang it you can follow the instructions found in the barn door hardware kit you choose.
We re building sliding barn doors.
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.
Cut two pieces of 2 x 6 wood to the height of the door.