How To Make A Sliding Door Frame

We re building sliding barn doors.

How to make a sliding door frame.

Get your shirt on. We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store. They can be used to open your home to other areas like your patio or deck as well. Step 1 find a sliding door location.

Place a mark on the wall for the dimensions. We have an awesome building project for you today. What projects should we make next. Snap chalk line across header bottom chord of truss place 2x6 track board with top edge flush with.

We sell economical pole barn kits for farm and ranch. Hold the tape measure up to the top of the door frame. Keep in mind that if the door has 2x4 walls then the frame will be 4 1 2 11 4 cm. The main structure of the door is a piece of plywood to achieve the thickness needed for the hangers we bought 1x3 lumber to make a frame.

Note the measurement and save it for later. This is going to be a two part series. To make the door header the top of the door frame cut two 2x4s to the same length as the width of the original opening and nail them securely together. 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.

Let us know in the comments. How to build a sliding barn door for less money 03 13 hgtv remodeling expert laurie march built a sliding barn door for privacy between a master bedroom and bathroom. Wayne lennox cottage life s trusted handyman shows us how to build a custom door frame. Cut the door header.

You ll need to know how wide your door frame is so the jamb fits in it. We started by picking everbilt sliding door hardware available at home depot. This is the actual thickness of a 2x4. The steps to frame a sliding door and the tools required for the job are listed below.

Decide on where the sliding door will be. Measure the width of the door frame. To save money she used plumbing pipe instead of standard barn door hardware and she saved time by having some of her lumber cut at the hardware store. I have bought new doors so i could replace the frame.

Check the wall on both sides and on the top and bottom for any heating ducts or electrical and plumbing. We read the instructions and sketched a simple plan of what we wanted the door to look like. We hope this helps you build sliding barn door for your farm building. Sliding patio doors also referred to as patio doors are typically made of durable glass and steel aluminum vinyl or wood frames these doors are designed to offer a clear view into your backyard and many include sliding door locks that offer added security to your home.

Kwik frame type sliding barn doors measure 5 1 2 up from the bottom of header at each jamb post.