How To Install A Sliding Bedroom Door

Use the other two 47 pieces of wood to make the horizontal supports in the interior frame.

How to install a sliding bedroom door.

Sliding aka barn doors are on trend and easy to install. Before building the door measure the doorway. Screw together the two 8 pieces and two 47 pieces to make a rectangle. How to build and install a sliding door step 1.

Tilt the door into the opening with the bottom side going in first using shims as necessary to create a secure fit. In this case we are using a pair of interior six panel doors for a six foot cased opening. Begin positioning the door into the opening from your exterior area. The barn door looks best if it overlaps the opening by at least.

When you install them they should divide your door horizontally into thirds about 32 apart. Use shims under screw holes to help keep your threshold in good shape. The barn door looks best if it. How to build and install a sliding door the problem.

Build paint and hang. We re adding two narrow strips of wood a quarter inch apart to the bottom of each door. Cut 1 x2 x8 boards to make the outer frame of the door. Apply wood glue everywhere two wood pieces meet and attach with screws.

Sliding door hardware can be used on almost any style of door. Before building the door measure the doorway. Place shims around the edges and top of. Install tracks for the doors.

Make a pilot hole in your floor through the track s pre drilled hole. Use your spirit level to make sure the floor is level before laying the tracks on the floor. Our door is 8 tall so we cut two 8 pieces and four.