Attach them to the top bottom and center of the door to create the frame.
How to make a barn style garage door from plywood.
This includes the hardware and track.
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.
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Remember to add 2 inches to your door opening so your new barn door will cover the opening.
Use your saw to cut the wood to size.
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.
In this video i ll show you how to build a wooden barn door for under a 100.
Cut long 1 6 pieces to match the vertical dimension of the diy barn door and attach them to the plywood with 1 1 4 brad nails.
Once you have cut the boards to size measure the appearance board you just cut width wise so you can cut your top and bottom trim boards.
I found this one on amazon and it is heavy duty.
Just make sure that you have sufficient amount of 4 by 4s that you would be able to hang this hardware on otherwise the door will bring the whole hardware to the ground because it ends up to be like 50lbs.
Measure the width between these two boards and cut three 1 x 6 pieces to fit.
Once you ve cut the plywood to size measure the width of the plywood to cut the top and bottom 1 x6 trim boards.