Making Sliding Barn Door Weatherproofing

Several types of insulation board are available.

Making sliding barn door weatherproofing.

We have an awesome building project for you today. I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes. A blow dryer shrinks the sheet in place providing you a virtually clear view. 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.

You can add foam weather strip to the door on the side that will be against the trim and bottom of the door or a door sweep on the bottom. Many sliding door units can be fitted with storm doors on the exterior side. The foam strip will create a seal when the door is closed. Commonly made of neoprene rubber these strips can be cut to fit the length of the sliding door channel.

Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build. Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers. The kits include a large sheet of plastic and tape that adheres the plastic to your door frame. Also show you how to install it.

Check the amount of debris to establish the tightness of the seal. I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern. Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door. Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door.

Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room. Another option is to purchase and install a patio door insulation kit. Rigid foam insulation boards can also be cut to fit between the sliding door horizontal members and glued to the inside of the sliding doors steel siding. Put a piece of white paper between the bottom of the door and the threshold close the door then pull the paper out slowly.

This is going to be a two part series. We re building sliding barn doors. Adhesive backed rubber compression strips are effective weatherproofing tools.