We purchased the plywood for the back of the doors from home depot and had them cut the plywood for us.
Barn door made out of plywood.
You can t even tell that the door is made from plywood.
Using your level check that the track and your mounting board are level and mark where each hole will be drilled.
A shed door for stability is built out of a box shape using 1 inch by 4 inch wood beams or 2 inch by 4 inch wood beams and a 1 4 inch sheet of plywood.
Materials needed for diy barn door 3 4 plywood cut to the dimensions of your door opening plus trim around the edge.
Drill your holes to attach track to the wall.
Since a flat piece of plywood would make for a pretty boring sliding door you re going to want to.
If you hardware kit didn t come with stoppers we recommend adding one stop.
If you want to cover the opening with one door you ll need an area on one side of the opening that s wide enough for the door.
Before you start shopping for barn door hardware take a careful look at the area where you would like to install the barn door and figure out what door setup works best.
Once i had the whole thing assembled i measured and drilled the holes for the barn door hardware.
Add 1 inch to your door to cover the opening.
Assemble the pieces together to make sure that all of them fit properly.
Glue the planks to the frame of the door with wood glue and use wood filler to fill in cracks.
With help lift the barn wood door and roll it onto the track.
Since we had two doors to build we cut each piece of plywood to 31 3 16.
This diy bifold barn door tutorial shows you how to easily transform a closet door for 15.
Make a sliding barn door for less than 50 cut smooth.
Start by buying a 4 x 8 sheet of pine plywood from a local hardware or wood supply store.
The most important aspect to the project as it is with many projects is to carefully measure the opening.
Mine is 37 1 4 x 80 mine is 37 1 4 x 80 3 1 x 6 boards wood glue 1 1 4 brad nails brad nailer combination square wood veneer banding optional wood stain i used varathane s.
Once the edges have been.