How To Build A Sliding Barn Door With Mirror

Once we received everything we painted the door white it comes primed and we drilled holes to attach the hardware.

How to build a sliding barn door with mirror.

Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door. The mirror slides across the room on stationary wheels and a galvanized steel pipe track. I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern. 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.

Diy sliding barn door hardware is available in all manner of styles and budgets and the door options are limitless from salvage finds to original diy creations like this one a mix of pallet wood and common cedar. Hang the diy sliding barn door. Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room. Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door.

I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes. This keeps the door from swinging hitting the wall when sliding it open and closed. Also show you how to install it. We have an awesome building project for you today.

This beginner friendly tutorial is a for two sided barn door with rustic decorative trim on both sides. With the track mounted finish the job by putting the door on the track. Carefully roll it into each end to determine where to place the stops. This sliding mirror is my solution to a small walk in closet with no wall space and no back of the door option for a mirror.

Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build. We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store. Use wood boards from the big box store and birch plywood for a budget friendly project. This project lays out the steps to build a door of any size while still keeping the 1 3 4 door width required by standard sliding barn door hardware.

Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers. I will show you how to build a sliding mirror door using wood wheels and pipe fittings. A slit was also cut at the bottom of the door in order to use the floor glide that comes with the hardware kit see pictures below. We re building sliding barn doors.

This is going to be a two part series. Mount the end stops bottom guides and any other hardware according to your specific set of instructions.