Making Sliding Shed Doors

Big doors are a little more challenging.

Making sliding shed doors.

How to build a single shed door. You can also add a diagonal board from a top corner to the opposite bottom corner for more. Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build. 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.

After experimenting with various methods i ve settled on sliding doors as the best solution. Plan for a 2 day project. Good guide if the situation calls for it. We re building sliding barn doors.

We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store. Check out this construction guide for building a single shed 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. Entry doors are easy.

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. The best door system for a center aisle barn is a split slider double sliding door which is hung on rollers trolleys and slides on a track. This plan is a good guide to building double doors that are uneven sizes. 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.

He uses kreg concealed fastening system for strong wood to wood joints and great hidden fastener end result. Build the door steps 2 10. I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes. Building door for a center aisle barn.

I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern. What you need to remember when building this kind of door is to make your. We have an awesome building project for you today. Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room.

14 steps to building your own sliding barn doors step 1. 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. This is going to be a two part series. I usually just buy prehung exterior shed doors like you d install in a garage or house.

This method is really simple and can be used for building small or large single swing shed doors up to 3 wide. Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door. Building single shed doors. Sliding doors have several advantages over hinged doors for wide openings.