We have an awesome building project for you today.
Sliding door making.
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.
We read the instructions and sketched a simple plan of what we wanted the door to look like.
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.
This is going to be a two part series.
I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
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.
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You first need to build the diy sliding door frame using 2 2 lumber.
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.
Dimensions for your build will largely be dependent on the size of your doorway so that the sliding door is big enough to.
I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes.
You ll want some of these cool sliding doors for your garage once you see how simple they are to construct.
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.
Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build.