How To Build A Sliding Farm House Door

Measure the opening to determine the door width add at least two inches to the width of the opening or to the outside dimensions of the.

How to build a sliding farm house door.

I didn t have to cut any of these pieces but if your opening is not 8ft you will need to measure and cut accordingly. You read right a double farmhouse pantry door diy for under 90. These doors truly become part of the decor. Choose your barn door hardware before.

This is truly a design that you can use in any home stain it for that classic farmhouse look or make a statement with a color you love. Line the panels up side by side and mark were you want to trim them to length. That s less than 45 a piece. We cut them to length using the miter saw.

But instead of building a door we realized this space would work well with a sliding barn door. Build the door the first thing i did was layout my 5 pieces of 1 6 boards side by side butted up against each other. Add the lower stiles and rail leaving a 1 inch channel for the floor guide that. See below for shopping list and tools subscribe.

I added a little bit of wood glue between each piece to give the door stability. In this video this old house senior technical editor mark powers builds and installs a sliding barn door. Use a level and brad nail gun to put up the side pieces first. We inserted the panels into the door centering the panels in the opening.

We figured it could be a perfect little pantry. Sliding doors should extend at least an inch beyond the sides of the opening that don t have trim or an inch. Next attach the 1x4 header piece flat against the wall above that. Here s what we started with in our kitchen.

Then place and nail the first 1x2 piece at the top of door with the 1 inch edge against the wall resting on top of the side pieces and protruding away from the wall. Double pantry door diy for under 90 designing vibes. Adhere the upper stiles below it flush to the. Add filler strips use a miter saw to cut the 15 filler strips according to the cut list.

Then we drilled a couterbore and held the panels in place with a fender washer and a 1 kreg screw. Add adhesive and set the top rail flush along the top of the boards.