Much easier to do than you might think.
Make your own barn door slider.
14 steps to building your own sliding barn doors step 1.
Each door sliding in opposite directions.
Plan for a 2 day project.
Double sliding barn doors can be built two ways.
Hang the door step 11 13 before you begin measure the width of the door from the outside edges of the casing then order a hardware kit with a track twice that width.
Choose the guide that works best for your door.
Rustica hardware s revolutionary diy barn door kit is the most cost effective way to add the beautiful character of a barn door to your bedroom living room or bathroom.
The 9 and 10 diy kits will be shipped in lengths of 4 5 and 5 with splice plates.
Whether for the bathroom bedroom or laundry room entry deciding to build a barn wood door can ensure added privacy and style.
Kelly on october 21 2017 at 2 07 am.
These can be full size or half size so you d have two doors but they d open in the middle.
To finish it off i added a 14 square cast iron handle pull.
Your barn door is now ready to hang.
In the pictures below my handle had not yet come.
Build your own diy barn door hardware for 20.
And it should be about 4 to 5 inches wider.
This will give you a couple of inches of overlap on your trim and help create more privacy.
Double sliding barn doors.
The first thing i did was measure the door opening.
I am hoping to make it work.
And voila another sliding barn door built.
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.
Keep in mind that your barn door should be about 1 2 to 3 4 taller than your opening.
Side by side sliding doors this means you ll have two sliding doors on the same track that can open in the same or opposite directions depending on the size of your track.
The opening was 24 5 x 96 5.
Barn door kit barn door hardware kit diy sliding barn door note.