Some just won t work.
Can you use a regular door as a barn door.
Turn a regular door into a sliding barn door.
Is tall enough to cover your door opening with a little overlap.
You ll need a set of sliding door hardware as well as a door that s large enough to cover your opening.
But buying a pre made barn door is pricey and we would like to reuse the doors themselves but aren t quite sure if they need to be slightly wider than they are now and how to go about converting them for the task.
While you can buy doors intended for a barn door installation home hardware and home depot have lightweight k and z style doors virtually any door can be converted to a barn door with special tracks and hangers.
Create an outer frame on the door with 1x4s.
This hardware is now easy to find in a wide range of styles.
The fixtures has been found at a reasonable price on amazon already.
To be a barn door you need to make sure that the door.
A group of friends find this historic door at a local salvage shop and turn it into a sliding barn door.
Determine placement of doorknob.
Next install the hardware.
However not all doors can be barn doors.
Measure the width and height of the door.
Trade your ordinary interior door for a farm chic sliding barn door with these easy steps.
Murms the word do it myself.
Cut two 1x4s to the height of your door and two 1x4s seven inches shorter than the width of your door.