Made 2 barn doors using your construction technique. It worked great. Love the pocket screw construction. That and some glue makes a tight indestructible joint. Hardest part is finding enough straight and halfway true lumber. Thanks for the video.
I am an eighteen year old in college far from ever buying a house or owning any of these tools. Why am I watching this? Who knows, but man this was so pleasant to watch and I loved the little part with the "project manager" hahaha. I'm subscribed, can't wait to watch your other videos!
Just wanted to say thinks for making this video. I was able to build a custom door for our laundry room that my wife and friends loved. I am now building a larger one that's 10' wife by 7' tall with this game design. The first was awesome!
turned out amazing !! I have been looking into a set for the house I bought !! The living room and dining room are connected and basically open, currently with really ugly and out of date wood work that has began to chip. But there was no way I way paying 700+ for a pair of doors ! I am going to do them myself now, thanks for the great idea !
Turned out great! I built a sliding door a few years back, and I added a round, pocket door pull to the back side. It is a nice solution for something to grab onto to open it from the other side, without worrying about it hitting the door facing.
Bested by a lid =p Love these doors, so much better than swing doors for various reasons in my experience. One can't lets say put a plant behind a swing door and see the plant of the door is open. One could put a dresser or some other furniture in front of a swing door, etc. Thank you so much for sharing!
Well done, I think the location of the door is ideal. Personably im not the biggest fan of the back (kitchen side) how ever I imagine the door will be open 99% of the time and is pretty much just an aesthetic item.
Yeah Wabi I agree! Not a huge fan of the back either but it will always be open unless we're in the dining room. One of the downfalls of using T&G boards i'm afraid!
Door looks great! I’m happy that I watched your video. I was considering T&G but after seeing the other side I’m not sure I want to use that. The side with the hardware looks beautiful though!! Love the idea of using a header. I’d rather have that even if my boards were 16” oc
Awesome build and design! A bard door, 36w X 84h is $526 at Home Depot. Thanks to you two, I will build my own now. Thank you for this great video! Cheers from Michigan!
Lowes now have a door 36x 84 door kit that's 179.00 Its a hollow door that's super light weight and its molded to look like a barn door and its painted white . It has every thing you need in the kit .
I was mostly done before I looked at your Video. Door was already made from Pallet wood I did it myself, as well as hung rail on my own WHAT A CHORE!!! However on the hanging of door I wasn't sure of specs for rollers and floor guide. You answered those questions for me Thank you...
I must admit, I watched the install part of your Video a few times to make sure I did it right... Thank you for your informative and easy to understand Video.
Looks great, and I really like the detail that you go into for those with no carpentry experience, but maybe an architrave for a little more soundproofing/air flow seal between rooms?
thanks! the room isn't closed off (opens into living room) so airflow really shouldn't be a problem. soundproofing isn't really necessary either as we're in one room or the other, but not a bad idea!
just completed my door using your plan. it came out awesome. measurements are a little off the door ends up being 38 inches wide. and the central boards are about 31 inches i believe.
I have the same problem with straight cuts! I wish I'd had clamps to clamp my straight edge down when I was in woodworking class back in the 90s. It would have made it so much easier bc I always ended up moving it when trying to draw a straight line. LOL. We didn't have a speed square in the class for some reason. Nice tutorial. The hardware seems nice. The stain color is beautiful!
Been building these doors with T and G for awhile, much easier man if you layout and put together T and G boards first and then attach outer border next. Also mill down your pine boards with planer, they will be even, less sanding.
your door turned out great! simple, yet classic look! I'll be building one similar to yours soon. I do not like the Black door guide in the floor though. it sticks out like a sore thumb to me. I don't think i would add that feature on mine being I will have a 44" door it may do fine without the guide.
you COULD have done a groove for the fins ( the plastic things on the floor ) with yur table saw .... if yu'd planned ahead that would have been very easy to do....
Hilarious yet very informative and helpful video. I’m taking on basically the same project for the first time tomorrow. Looks like easy money...until it’s me doing it haha.
I'm about to conquer the same project, thanks for the video. It was great. I saw in another comment about the light switch, I have the same issue....guess I'll just have to put it on the other side..
Really nice. But.. Caution putting screws into carpet. I tore a long thread out of my carpet when the screw caught and left a permanent line across the living room. Wife loved it! 2nd, keep hand back at least the length of the nail you are using in the nail gun. I shot a 2 1/2" nail right through my finger when it hit another nail inside the board and went sideways. Oddly, it didn't hurt as much as you would think.
Just saw this on r/diy today. You did a fantastic job on the door, and a great job creating a video that was enjoyable to watch. Keep up the excellent work!
Great build and instructional video. "Project Manager"... Hilarious. For the channel guide you could consider cutting a piece of trim with the groove, then attach to the bottom edge. Adjust your measurements of the door and trim. For the groove on the trim cut it out with the table saw with multiple passes or use a dado stack blade. Still your door looks great and good job with troubleshooting the door guide.
Door came out SWEEEEET! So correct me if I'm wrong...the header is bolted to the studs and the track is bolted to the header? The lag screws for the track ( black screws) ARE NOT bolted to the studs at all? The reason I ask is bcuz my studs aren't 16" OC. Thanks.
ive installed many of these and one thing i would say to be careful with is leveling the header. If your floor is not level then it might rub the ground when it rolls. easy fix is to raise the door a little
Looks good but it will wear on the bottom of the door and the wall molding since nothing is keeping it from rubbing against each other. Part of the reason to route that channel on the bottom for the guide.
It looks like those black lag screws provided with the track for the barn door are long enough to go through the spacers and into the studs. However, since you mounted that header/ledger board, wouldn’t you be going through that board And into the sheet rock with nothing behind it? What I’m trying to say is that wouldn’t sure black leg screws be better for this application?
