How To Cut A Doorway For A Barn Door

Taking off the doors should be surprisingly easy.

How to cut a doorway for a barn door.

Craftsman old world contemporary and farmhouse. Yours may be different. Generally speaking barn door tracks come in two sizes. Do you have questions about bypass barn door hardware.

How to frame a doorway for barn doors step 1. A door when opened that causes you to be stuck in the space. Cut the boards to the right width and cut rabbets on two edges of all but two boards. Removing the doors door hardware.

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How to measure for a barn door in three steps. We used a 3 8 in. To figure out what size track you need double your final width measurement. Cut one rabbet on two boards that will be used on the outside edges.

Join our facebook group. Rabbeting bit to cut the rabbets. If you do you won t be able to get your door to completely clear your doorway. Don t get all excited about a big chunky barn door build a 40 wide one for a 6ft long door track.

For our 4 ft wide door we cut each board five inches wide. A table saw with a dado blade will also work. There s a peg in the top of each door hinge just pull it out or grab a hammer to help knock it out. If the doorway has moldings measure.