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.
Plywood barn door.
A grade plywood features a smooth sanded surface without knots.
The ones we used and the ones i wish we had purchased.
Cut the door out of the plywood using a circular saw.
Here are the materials we used.
Cut a sheet of 3 4 plywood to the size of your door opening plus the trim.
Mark the measurements for the door on the sheet of plywood.
After creating the.
I tried to design this project to only use one sheet of plywood but to achieve the double x look it required.
Place the sheet of plywood on the sawhorses.
Any wood defects have been repaired with synthetic filler so the veneer can be painted.
Choose which side will be the front.
Cut the plywood down to size.
Once the pieces have been cut sand down the edges.
You can t even tell that the door is made from plywood.
A grade plywood is ideal for furniture or cabinet doors.
If you hardware kit didn t come with stoppers we recommend adding one stop.
Drill your holes to attach track to the wall.
Assemble the pieces together to make sure that all of them fit properly.
Using your level check that the track and your mounting board are level and mark where each hole will be drilled.
Since i wanted the total width to be 38 inches by 82 1 2 inches tall i cut the plywood to 37 1 2 inches by 82 inches.
The barn door was built so that there would be a solid plywood base with a bunch of strips sitting on top and.
How to build a sliding barn door cut plywood to the size of the door frame.
With help lift the barn wood door and roll it onto the track.
Place the cut plywood up to the door.
The steel will add 3 16 of an inch which is close to 1 4 inch to make it easy math of width around the entire perimeter of the door.
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.
B grade plywood also features a smooth sanded surface but may have more repaired defects up to 1 inch across.
Once the edges have been.
If your plywood has one side that looks nicer than the other choose which side you.
Once i had the whole thing assembled i measured and drilled the holes for the barn door hardware.
Glue the planks to the frame of the door with wood glue and use wood filler to fill in cracks.