Make Sliding Shed Door

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Make sliding shed door.

Diy live edge sliding barn door how to build woodworking. I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern. If you re worried about bugs or small creatures getting into the shed consider hinged doors instead. Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door.

Trim will cover the lower 1 1 2 side and 5 1 2 face. 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. Knife score trim inside face 1 1 2 from cut end. Double sliding barn doors can be built two ways.

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. Building a plywood door for your shed can be done by any person with basic skills if the main techniques and professional tools are used. Install track board trim 1 1 2 x 5 1 2 l over 2 6 sliding door track board.

These can be full size or half size so you d have two doors but they d open in the middle. Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build. More by the author. Install track board trim before sliding door track.

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. Add adhesive and set the top rail flush along the top of the boards. Add the lower stiles and rail leaving a 1 inch channel for the floor guide that. Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door.

Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room. Starting from end cut a 1 1 2 slot along trim bend. 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. He uses kreg concealed fastening system for strong wood to wood joints and great hidden fastener end result.

You can adjust the design of the door by adding diagonal trims to the plywood panel especially if you want to create a traditional barn style shed. I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes. Double sliding barn doors. The other problem with sliding doors is that they re trickier to seal.