How to make a rolling barn door

What size of horses will you be keeping? Obviously small ponies need less space than large hunters. I ride too, as well as raising the meat goats. They range from a large pony, up to a huge Draft horse (she s large even for a Draft).

The Unprofessional 259views. This sliding barn door tutorial is detailed with step by step instructions to build your own custom barn door for your home. Pete will show you how.

The simplest guide is an L-shaped metal bracket that mounts to the floor and fits into a groove cut in the bottom of the door. If your barn door doesn’t have a groove in it, there are roller guides and adjustable roller guides that will work. Choose the guide that works best for your door.

DIY PETE 879views. Ana White 56views. We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store. How do you make a sliding barn door? How to build an exterior wooden door?

Artfully Rogue 111views. Woodsmith 108views. Barn doors are everywhere — and as Mandi puts it, they are like puppies, everyone loves them! We’ve been loving the rustic barn door for awhile (we built a barn - door inspired baby gate, then turned it into a full Dutch door ) and when you add the sliding door hardware to the equation, it makes a statement that’s hard to beat.

We decided the solution would lay in replacing those bifold doors, with a rolling door in a barn door style. But due to how narrow the door opening was and not much wall space on either side for a large barn door to slide out of the way. We decided on a door style that was more narrow, on a double barn door track. Determine the length of the steel bar and cut as needed.

I doubled the width of the barn door plus 3″, which allows enough space for the door to open and close completely. Predrill holes in the flat steel bar. There must be a support beam or strong studs in place on which to anchor the sliding track, and there should be ample space between the top of the opening and the ceiling to install the track. Installation took about hours for both doors. I had to countersink the bolts on the back side to make it fit the door width.

With a distinct weathered finish, the Equal Lites with Frosted Glass Ash Gray Interior Sliding Barn Door is perfect for creating a unique transition between rooms or concealing storage areas. A barn door in minutes. It only required a total of cuts.

Of course, once you have it constructe you will need to fill the holes, sand and paint it, and hang it. To hang it, you can follow the instructions found in the barn door hardware kit you choose. Here another shot of the completed barn door in our master bathroom. Last step: Your barn door is now ready to hang.

Check out this post for a great tutorial on how to hang your sliding barn door. Much easier to do than you might think. To finish it off, I added a 14″ square cast iron handle pull. In the pictures below, my handle had not yet come).

Modern Stainless Steel Rolling Barn Door Track. Matte Black Bent Strap Rolling Door Hardware. Everbilt Dark Oil Rubbed Bronze Sliding Door Hardware. Make Sliding Barn Doors Using Skateboard Wheels: I built a couple of wooden sheds (okay, glorified yard barns) and wanted to equip one of them with sliding type barn doors. I like the look of sliding doors and they are very practical for a she allowing a much wider access opening than a normal.

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