Homemade Barn Door Hinges

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Homemade barn door hinges.

Since these doors are heavy he easiest. Barn doors add add rustic charm elegance and style to the outside or inside of any home. Cut your two blocks of wood pieces into 13 x 4 pieces. You can however make a 6 wide board and use a 4 hinge but you may give up some stability.

Add the next piece of metal to the frame by. The hinges and door pulls are oil rubbed bronze by gatehouse from lowes. Don t want to build your own. Attach them to the sides of the barn door with 1 1 4 brad nails and wood glue.

After your three door frame pieces are cut to the correct size prime and paint them. If using a 4 hinge cut the board to be 4 wide if 6 hinge cut to 6 wide attach the piano hinge to the edge of the board with screws and screwdriver. Cut the side trim pieces to size. Even better they are an excellent way to save space when used in place of a traditional hinged door.

Our barn doors in the main hallway allow for maximum space. Be sure to check out our other diy barn closet door tutorials and creative diy sliding door solutions. Some companies supply spacers in different lengths while others supply adjustable length spacers. Cut the top and bottom trim pieces to size.

Some sort of spacers or stand offs that hold the track away from the wall allowing the door to slide freely will be included in the track mounting diy barn door hardware. Here is a link to a good budget set of hardware. The front of the trim pieces should be flush with the front of the trim on the barn door. See more ideas about latches gate latch wooden doors.

The back doors we built with corrugated metal to add. The diy barn door craze is in full gear. This video shows how to make a hinge from a pipe and rod. Measure your barn opening to determine the size of the doors.

This is a welding project so you must know how to weld in order to make this. It s much easier to do now before the hinges are screwed in and the whole thing is attached to the door. Steps for building metal barn doors 1. Diy door installation instructions step 1.