A group of friends find this historic door at a local salvage shop and turn it into a sliding barn door.
How to convert standard door to barn door.
Ensure that the doors can move easily in the path created by the upper and lower door tracks guides.
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.
When you have the door removed from the hinges take off the doorknob.
Designglide barn door hardware makes it easy to bring the function and style of barn doors to almost any space without reframing or custom doors required the company says.
Trim any added door length when converting your hinged door to a barn door you may or may not need to adjust the length of the door to ensure that it slides smoothly on the railing and ground track without scraping across the floor.
Use a template to mark the holes for your door hardware then drill the holes making sure to hold the drill perpendicular to the floor.
Trade your ordinary interior door for a farm chic sliding barn door with these easy steps.
We need every inch of space in our small bedrooms and would like to convert the bedroom door and the closet door of the master and the closet door of the spare bedroom into barn door style doors.
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Repeat steps 3 and 4 if hanging more than one sliding door.
Window and door maker jeld wen has unveiled a new sytem that allows contractors to convert new or salvaged doors into barn doors.
You ll need a set of sliding door hardware as well as a door that s large enough to cover your opening.
And since i re used the doors i only needed to buy the barn door hardware which is much less expensive than buying brand new doors.
Check with the level to ensure the door s are plumb and level.
To do this measure the door lengthwise and score a line across the bottom.
That way i get full access to the closet space without taking up any extra space in the room.
A hammer and screwdriver are the best tools to help pull the bolts out of the hinges.
So i decided that converting the bifold doors into barn doors would be the way to go.