Build paint and hang.
How to install a sliding bedroom door.
Our door is 8 tall so we cut two 8 pieces and four.
Sliding door hardware can be used on almost any style of door.
Use the other two 47 pieces of wood to make the horizontal supports in the interior frame.
Tilt the door into the opening with the bottom side going in first using shims as necessary to create a secure fit.
How to build and install a sliding door step 1.
How to build and install a sliding door the problem.
Pack up one end if it isn t.
Use shims under screw holes to help keep your threshold in good shape.
Before building the door measure the doorway.
The barn door looks best if it overlaps the opening by at least.
In this case we are using a pair of interior six panel doors for a six foot cased opening.
Sliding aka barn doors are on trend and easy to install.
We re adding two narrow strips of wood a quarter inch apart to the bottom of each door.
When you install them they should divide your door horizontally into thirds about 32 apart.
Before building the door measure the doorway.
Make a pilot hole in your floor through the track s pre drilled hole.
Begin positioning the door into the opening from your exterior area.
Then screw the tracks down in place with your drill.
When newlyweds scott and chelsea iwatta bought a townhouse in costa mesa calif they.
Cut 1 x2 x8 boards to make the outer frame of the door.
Screw together the two 8 pieces and two 47 pieces to make a rectangle.
Place shims around the edges and top of.
Install tracks for the doors.