How To Cut Barn Door Rod At Home

Lay the freshly cut board across the bottom of the door.

How to cut barn door rod at home.

A table saw with a dado blade will also work. Your door is the proper length which means it s time to finish the door of. The barn on our new farm needed some new doors so we made some out of steel and cedar. Cut the boards to the right width and cut rabbets on two edges of all but two boards.

We have multiple sized barn doors in our home but our door measured 38 1 2 x 84 1 2. So we cut all of our tongue and groove to 84 1 2 inches. We used a 3 8 in. I painted my barn doors using some old trim paint i had in my garage and let it dry thoroughly before installing the barn door hardware.

Scribe on each side of the door. Barn door hardware wood putty orbital sander. Cut one rabbet on two boards that will be used on the outside edges. You can use the same trick to cut metal studs.

Place three screws in each section of the 1 12 boards. Picture is not mine was found online we have arrived very small entryway leading into a bigger hallway. Rabbeting bit to cut the rabbets. Drive the screws through the 1 6 to secure the 1 12 boards.

Structural support is required barn doors can be heavy up to 200 pounds or more so for sturdiness most people mount the track to a header attached to the wall studs above the doorway. It is not av great look but it works. For our 4 ft wide door we cut each board five inches wide. For wider doors cut the track to fit and join the pieces with connectors available from the hardware manufacturer.

But i am worried about all the air and draft running in. Cut along the scribe lines on the inside to half the depth of the cross pieces and eliminate the waste this can be done with repeated cuts to the right depth then chiseling the waste away. Paint and install hardware. Then bend the sheet back and forth a few times to snap it.

Snip the two sides. Want to see how we made these actual barn doors come check it out. This barn door window treatment project is a great opportunity to be creative with the design of your space. We have had av double curtain hung in the doorway between these two rooms.

Yours may be different. Grab another 1 6 and cut it to the width of the door. A 3 foot door requires 6 feet of track. Now your half lap joint is ready.

Now my mind is set on replacing the curtain with a barndoor. Since this is an old house there are some draft issues. First you ll want to cut all your tongue and groove boards to length.