Making Sliding Shed Doors

Take it down and replace it with a sliding barn door.

Making sliding shed doors.

Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims. After experimenting with various methods i ve settled on sliding doors as the best solution. Big doors are a little more challenging. Plan for a 2 day project.

To build a door for a shed start by cutting a piece of wood paneling or ti 11 siding to the size of the door opening minus 1 2 inch on each side. Entry doors are easy. We re building sliding barn doors. 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.

I was able to build this one in about 30 minutes. Building single shed doors. You can also add a diagonal board from a top corner to the opposite bottom corner for more. I usually just buy prehung exterior shed doors like you d install in a garage or house.

Next cut boards to frame the top bottom and sides of your door then glue them in place using wood glue. We have an awesome building project for you today. What you need to remember when building this kind of door is to make your. This plan is a good guide to building double doors that are uneven sizes.

Sliding doors have several advantages over hinged doors for wide openings. 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. Build the door steps 2 10. The door at the end isn t the finest we ve seen but it is an easier build and the shed door is quite sturdy.

Which means fewer pieces and cuts and that means easier to build. Adding a roll up shed door. This method is really simple and can be used for building small or large single swing shed doors up to 3 wide. I designed this barn door to be visually sleek and modern.

We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store. Good guide if the situation calls for it. 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. He uses kreg concealed fastening system for strong wood to wood joints and great hidden fastener end result.

The best door system for a center aisle barn is a split slider double sliding door which is hung on rollers trolleys and slides on a track. Not only did it solve the problem but it added another element of visual interest to the room. Building door for a center aisle barn. How to build a single shed door.