Making A Sliding Door Frame

To save money she used plumbing pipe instead of standard barn door hardware and she saved time by having some of her lumber cut at the hardware store.

Making a sliding door frame.

The main structure of the door is a piece of plywood to achieve the thickness needed for the hangers we bought 1x3 lumber to make a frame. Step 1 find a sliding door location. You will need to add 1 2 of plywood between the 2x4 s to get the right wall thickness of 3 1 2. You first need to build the diy sliding door frame using 2 2 lumber.

Decide on where the sliding door will be. Check the wall on both sides and on the top and bottom for any heating ducts or electrical and plumbing. Get your shirt on. Dimensions for your build will largely be dependent on the size of your doorway so that the sliding door is big enough to.

Place a mark on the wall for the dimensions. To make the door header the top of the door frame cut two 2x4s to the same length as the width of the original opening and nail them securely together. The steps to frame a sliding door and the tools required for the job are listed below. Cut the door header.

Http bit ly ditylermerch you will not believe how easy it is to make a door frame. We started by picking everbilt sliding door hardware available at home depot. We read the instructions and sketched a simple plan of what we wanted the door to look like.