I added a little bit of wood glue between each piece to give the door stability.
How to build a sliding barn door for a shed.
Follow along as i show you how i build a siding barn door.
Build the door the first thing i did was layout my 5 pieces of 1 6 boards side by side butted up against each other.
Also show you how to install it.
You ll find all of these details in the upcoming shed story.
The last step is to mount the hanger plates to the top of door.
Continue doing this to all the openings.
This is probable the longest process throughout the project.
1x6 pine boards for the back.
I accomplish this by ripping a 2 4 down to between 2 1 2 and 3 in.
Depending on how thick the door is and attaching it to the shed wall with lag screws.
Then i screw the aluminum track to the 2x support.
Make sure to get t g boards for the door itself and regular boards for all of the trims.
Grab a pencil mark the length of the inside of the panel opening and cut to size on the miter saw.
The simplest way to build a door is to use 1x10 t g barn siding for the door and regular straight edge 1x10 barn siding for trims and cross bucks.
Glue and nail flush with the face of the door using a pin nailer and 1 23 ga pin nails.
I didn t have to cut any of these pieces but if your opening is not 8ft you will need to measure and cut accordingly.
Cut list for installing a sliding door designed to cover a 30 inch wide opening with 4 inch casing on either side this door measures 38 inches wide by 2 inches thick by 83 inches tall.