Making Sliding Shed Doors

We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.

Making sliding shed doors.

This video is a great shed door walk through guide which shows you the process of building amazingly looking doors from cutting the boards to hanging them to his gorgeous shed. What you need to remember when building this kind of door is to make your. I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern. I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes.

The door at the end isn t the finest we ve seen but it is an easier build and the shed door is quite sturdy. Hang the door step 11 13 before you begin measure the width of the door from the outside edges of the casing then order a hardware kit with a track twice that width. Sliding doors have several advantages over hinged doors for wide openings. This method is really simple and can be used for building small or large single swing shed doors up to 3 wide.

I usually just buy prehung exterior shed doors like you d install in a garage or house. Good guide if the situation calls for it. After experimenting with various methods i ve settled on sliding doors as the best solution. You can also add a diagonal board from a top corner to the opposite bottom corner for more.

We have an awesome building project for you today. He uses kreg concealed fastening system for strong wood to wood joints and great hidden fastener end result. Build the door steps 2 10. Plan for a 2 day project.

Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door. Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims. We re building sliding barn doors. This plan is a good guide to building double doors that are uneven sizes.

Entry doors are easy. Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room. Next cut boards to frame the top bottom and sides of your door then glue them in place using wood glue. To build a door for a shed start by cutting a piece of wood paneling or ti 11 siding to the size of the door opening minus 1 2 inch on each side.

Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build. Check out this construction guide for building a single shed door. This is going to be a two part series. Building door for a center aisle barn.

Building single shed doors. 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. 14 steps to building your own sliding barn doors step 1. Adding a roll up shed door.