Great stuff. My DAD built a GARAGE on our farm here in AUSTRALIA on his Soldier Settlers block in the early 1950's. He made his own CINDER BLOCKS & wooden roller doors. He poured a strip of concrete under the doors & had wheels under the doors which ran in the furrow in the middle of the concrete. CHEERS, & LIKED & SUBSCRIBED. p.s. It's good to see somebody who is handy with his tools.
I can't wait until You make the doors for your cabin home, Stephen. The barn doors are an example of your plans they will be impressive! I confess I think everything you build is impressive! Good work and God Bless. I am real happy to hear about your 3 videos a week plan. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
Thank you for sharing this project! I love your name and the doors- and I love your style of doing things- You make it work with what you can get, like that gorgeous rough sawn lumber! You don’t have all the “fancy” tools and a perfect setup already - you have a realistic setup, and are doing it all by yourself - which is totally where I am at with my projects on my little mini-homestead. I can use what you’ve shown me in this video to make my barn door happen! Thank you again for sharing and God bless your next project!
Thank you so much. I hope that everyone can gain a little bit from each of my videos whether it’s right or wrong. Lol I’m glad that this video helped you in some way. Good luck on your homestead!!
So very nice to see you again. The barn doors really look good. I'm sure once they have the chance to dry out and you can get the batons on you will really be pleased. Thank you for sharing your video today.
Love the doors, they look amazing. I Enjoy your videos and your channel is one of my favorites. Glad your still staying. You've done so much, hang in there 😊 fan from Texas.
Looks great!!! Its amazing to see you do all of this solo! I can only imagine how heavy those boards were! Also thanks for the follow on IG!! Total fangirl moment for me when I realized 😆
I’ve built a number of rolling doors and I’ve found that the taller and narrower they get the rougher they travel. Putting the trolleys closer to the corners (lengthening the wheelbase) helps them run smoother. Also I’d put some additional crossmembers (purlins) to hold your boards in plane. I put the trolley brackets on the outside on top of the cladding and use longer carriage bolts than National supplies
It must feel really good to have another heavy task checked off the list and now you have shelter to work in the rain and snow. Bet the pigs enjoy their hot cuppa. Wonder if they know how spoiled they are?
You really do work smarter, you always work hard but this was a fantastic idea to get the doors done. Way to Go! Looks great too. thanks for sharing. :) Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
I just noticed in the comments section that you have a lot of GALS following you. Somebody told me that if you want to attract the Girls to "get a PUPPY', but I think I should get a few PIGS. LOL. 😂😂😂
Put some diagonal bracing on the inside of the door to reinforce the squreness of the door as they dry out, and have something to nail the center of the boards to.
I thought about a diagonal brace but with no side load on the doors they really don't need it. If there is any movement in the middle after the batons are put on I will put in a center brace .
The barn doors look fantastic Stephen, love them. Will you be housing some animals in there, perhaps a couple of stalls? Look at those Pigs, growing like anything. Thanks for sharing! Can't wait to see what else you have up your sleeve.
Thanks for sharing this. I stumbled across this video while trying to prepare for my upcoming project. I am trying to enclose below my deck for additional storage and wanted to do a single 9 ft wide barn door. I am doing steel panels around the perimeter, and similar to your batten clearance issues, I need to clear the ~1" rib of the siding. Do you have a follow up video showing the jamb detail? I'm trying to latch and lock strictly from the outside only.
For future, put a wedge or something to set the boards so you don't need to use your toes. Don't you need some cross framing on the back of the doors to screw the boards to? On the barn at home we had a little roof like over the track about 4-6" to keep the weather off in the winter. What you did works fine, I like it. Future, you could shim the track out so the doors would clear the batten. The barn looks good now fill it up.
I used washers to shim it out to clear the batons. I will be adding the trim above the track to shed water over the door. I just haven't gotten around to it yet
Over that length they will warp and cup, John's suggestion is right you should add at least 2 more cross boards on each door, Even if you think the large boards wont warp (and they will), what about your 2" battens. As a contractor, I always respected those customers that wanted to get some skin in the game and earn some sweat equity. You have my respect my friend, but add those boards.. lol
I'm always pleased to see your latest videos how your building is going,with barn doors up that's one less construction ticked off the list and some mighty ticked off chickens you've taken their play den away😂 Have you kept a record of how many screws you have used in all the building constructions thus far? It would have to be in the hundreds or thousands? God bless
Great video. I'm going to be doing the same type of door on my barn. Can you tell me where you bought the drill jig from? Also can you tell me the size and type of screw you used. Thanks in advanced. Eric
The jig I bought from Home Depot. The long screws were 9” long fasteners I had left over from building the roof on the log cabin. They are similar to timber lok screws.
@hickoryridge How have the doors lasted? Any issues with them warping or twisting? Do they seal good? Did you ever bat them out? I'd like to show you what I have on my barn. Im considering switching to a rolling door system.
They have done pretty good. They catch a ton of sun so they have warped a little using green lumber. I still haven’t put the bats on yet and I should have raised them up about an inch higher. When we get a lot of snow or ice build up they rub the ground. Other than that they work great.
I'm curious....are those oak boards and are they thoroughly dry? My experience once(live and learn), I built a massive privacy fence with rough cut oak, screwed all the boards in place and then about a year later I notice the boards coming loose.......as the oak finished drying and shrunk it popped the screws(broke them!!). I had to go back (pre-drill holes as the oak had hardened so much) and put in lag bolts. You've done a jam up job on your barn, looks great.
They are not oak but pine like the rest of the barn. They are over a year old and so most of the shrinking has finished. They are just dirty and stained from the way they were stacked together
Gotcha. Since I'm new to your site I wasn't aware of the kind of material you were using.... thanks for your reply. You are doing an awesome job, I'm impressed and that doesn't happen very often!!! lol@@hickoryridgehomestead9177
Why only use one screw to hold the frame together? And why hang the side boards off the ends of the top rather than under the top boards? I'm not criticizing. Just asking the reasoning and if there is any strength difference one way or another. I need to build some doors soon and need a plan. Lol
the screws I used are structural screws that were 9" long and have the same sheer strength as 5/16 lag bolt. The boards on the outside attach on the top and bottom and tie it all together. I hope that helps
How did you adjust the doors to remove the gaps between them from top to bottom? You skipped that part but I'm curious. I might just go with a single door.
@@hickoryridgehomestead9177 Just reading the comments now after making my comment above. Further reason to have the concrete strip underneath for the support wheels to run in the groove. DAD had an adjustment mechanism to compensate for expansion, or contraction depending on the weather. Hope that idea helps..
For now I'm staying here. Either way I will still be putting out videos. Im going to try to stick to releasing vidios on every MON,WED, FRI. Working, filming and editing all by myself is a pretty tall order but Im going to try and stick to it.
I bought the hardware at Tractor supply. I can’t temper the cost for the doors but just guessing it was probably around $200 for everything including wood.
Is it necessary to put a cross bar in the center of the door? Would this help to prevent the lumber from possibly warping outwards??? Really like with wood panels for sure.
