We re building sliding barn doors.
Building sliding barn doors for shed.
Good guide if the situation calls for it.
I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern.
I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes.
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.
If you re worried about bugs or small creatures getting into the shed consider hinged doors instead.
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.
Where to locate sliding shed doors on a shed the main reason why shed builders choose sliding doors is their efficient use of space.
Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room.
The other problem with sliding doors is that they re trickier to seal.
Building door for a center aisle barn.
What you need to remember when building this kind of door is to make your door 6 wider than the width of your aisle.
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.
Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door.
But if you want a door that s easy to build and install easy to operate and doesn t take up much space then it s hard to beat sliding doors.
He uses kreg concealed fastening system for strong wood to wood joints and great hidden fastener end result.
This is going to be a two part series.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
Eliminating the swing space required for a hinged door means that the space in front of the door has a lot more options.
Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build.