Sliding Pole Barn Door Plans
Building door for a center aisle barn.
Sliding pole barn door plans. Here it is in three parts part i. I m using a scrap piece of steel under the wheel to test the clearance between the door and the rail. Sliding doors are available in many sizes and can be solid or split into two sections. Track is nailed to top of track boards use 2x4 blocks to stop door from sliding off end of track sliding barn door trolley inset door width divided by 4 3 inches.
Drill two 1 2 inch holes toward the bottom and one 5 8 inch hole toward the top for the wheel. Shirley in fair grove dear shirley. Diy sliding barn door hardware is available in all manner of styles and budgets and the door options are limitless from salvage finds to original diy creations like this one a mix of pallet wood and common cedar. Installing siding before sliding door.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers. What you need to remember when building this kind of door is to make your door 6 wider than the width of your aisle. Dear pole barn guru. The exact measurements and detailed diagrams can be downloaded in my free sliding barn door plans.
How does one construct a sliding barn door. The best answer to your question is chapter 27 of the hansen pole buildings construction manual. Typical agricultural pole barn kits have one or two sliding doors most commonly placed on the gable ends of the building although they can be located on the eave walls as well. Expecting the door frame to be shipped pre assembled.
Run door track about 3 4 distance of door opening on each side of the jamb post.