Also there was a giant gap on the sides with the door closed due to the nature of how barn doors work with trim work in the house.
How to make a sliding barn door lock.
This is going to be a two part series.
I wish we had know about everbilt at the time because their directions are much more comprehensive.
A teardrop sliding door lock is one option to consider for added privacy.
Check the measuring instructions or ask the manufacturer for help.
We re building sliding barn doors.
The lock mounts to a door jamb to keep out prying eyes and keep barn doors shut.
These drawings and tips show where the hardware goes and how to install a door.
Consider the type of barn door.
Kwik frame type sliding barn doors measure 5 1 2 up from the bottom of header at each jamb post.
We have an awesome building project for you today.
It s easy to see why.
How to add a lock to a barn door.
Sliding doors should extend at least an inch beyond the sides of the opening that don t have trim or an inch beyond the moldings of openings with trim.
How to build a barn door.
The doors simply slide together and can be locked together.
So despite the fact that the doors were in tact and looked amazing there was no real finished look to them and they certainly didn t lock.
Choose your barn door hardware before determining the door height.
For a single sliding barn door the hardware and supplies are even less expensive and the whole project would have been under 200.
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.
For double barn doors a sliding barn door latch isn t too difficult to find or install.
We met people from everbilt at the haven conference and talked too them about how one of our more popular posts of all time is about how to install one of their rival s sliding barn door hardware because the instructions were so confusing.
How to mount a barn door.
We sell economical pole barn kits for farm and ranch.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
You can add more overlap for extra privacy.
We hope this helps you build sliding barn door for your farm building.
Building a sliding barn door means you don t have to rip open and reframe a wall for a pocket door.