Sliding Pole Barn Door Plans
Install track board trim before sliding door track.
Sliding pole barn door plans. Place 2x6 track board with top edge flush with chalk line. Take off the existing door trim and re trim the door building the header into the trim. Sliding doors are a popular option for post frame buildings. Add filler strips use a miter saw to cut the 15 filler strips according to the cut list.
Determine the width of the last t g piece to build up the door to an exact 75 width. Attach cedar pickets to barn door. Kwik frame type sliding barn doors. Roll up doors are expensive and besides that they just don t look barny.
Apply construction adhesive to the back side of each board one at a time. Slightly tighten all of the boards with c clamps. Add the lower stiles and rail leaving a 1 inch channel for the floor guide that. This is what we did on these closet sliding barn doors and the double sliding barn door i built for the bathroom.
A header for the door could be as simple as a 1 x 4 board attached with 3 1 2 screws into the studs in the wall. Track board stops before corner to allow corner trim to fit. Add adhesive and set the top rail flush along the top of the boards. Measure 5 1 2 up from the bottom of header at each jamb post.
Trim will cover the lower 1 1 2 side and 5 1 2 face. Our unique track and trolley double bi fold system eliminates overhead interference and occupies mere inches of side space when fully opened to their. Place track board so top of 2x4 is flush with line from center of post jamb to end of door in open position. Starting from end cut a 1 1 2 slot along trim bend.
Rip the last 1x10 t g piece to right width remove c clamps put the last ripped board in place and tighten again with c clamps. On the door these are your vertical boards. As one the most cost effective solutions sliding doors are simple and very popular for pole barns used for livestock or horses. When you think of a pole barn you likely imagine it with a traditional sliding door.
Also show you how to install it. They re available in either single full doors or two split doors that meet in the middle. Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door. Knife score trim inside face 1 1 2 from cut end.
Typical agricultural pole barn kits have one or two sliding doors most commonly placed on the gable ends of the building although they can be located on the eave walls as well. Adhere the upper stiles below it flush to the. Types of pole barn doors. Install track board trim 1 1 2 x 5 1 2 l over 2 6 sliding door track board.
How to make a sliding barn door free plans measure for the sliding barn door and download free guide. Double sliding doors don t interfere with the interior space but you can only open half of your garage door opening.