Remember you re going to trim down the edges of the door later so it doesn t.
Diy diagonal slatted barn door.
Of course once you have it constructed you will need to fill the holes sand and paint it and hang it.
Some sort of spacers or stand offs that hold the track away from the wall allowing the door to slide freely will be included in the track mounting diy barn door hardware.
The same process was repeated from the top 1 6 bar to the 1 6 bar in the middle.
This diy barn door is cheap to make and has a fun modern farmhouse style.
Our diy options are available in solid pine or wood barn doors.
Cut middle diagonal slat with circular saw.
Some companies supply spacers in different lengths while others supply adjustable length spacers.
Add horizontal slats on middle of doors.
We made all of our cuts with a circular saw.
Finally mustered up the courage and the intimidation of the chop saw and even the nail gun that thing scares me low key.
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Cut your slats to fit the length of the board.
You guys we did it.
We offer a wide range of sliding barn doors with designs such as the z brace barn door m iddle bar barn door half x barn door chalkwood barn door and flush barn door.
Use slats to frame each pair of doors with cuts on the boards for each single door within the pair.
To make the diagonal pattern we added one more 1 6 to the center of the door which had been cut to match the width of the door.
First measure the height of the door you will need taking into consideration how low the barn door hardware sits.
It only required a total of 8 cuts.
This was just faster for us but you could also use a miter saw and change the angle each time.
Hang using brad nailer.
Cut the board down to the correct size.
Then stand 2 4 upright set table saw fence to 3 8 and rip 2 slats each 3 8 thick by 3 wide.
For the diagonal piece on the bathroom door i simply set the board down into position used a straight edge to mark where it needed to be cut and set my saw to the correct angle which ended up being a touch under 15 degrees.
Remember measure twice cut once.
Hold up diagonal slats.
From there we measured diagonally from the bottom 1 6 bar to the 1 6 bar in the middle.
To hang it you can follow the instructions found in the barn door hardware kit you choose.
Diagonal and horizontal slat boards 1 using your last 2 4 rip off each side to make the total width 3.