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Before, the swinging door left no room for a chair. One of the best parts about this new door is we have room for a chair now. You can read about how we made more rustic projects on a budget for our bedroom by making a queen farmhouse headboard and bed frame here! …but it didn’t tumble to the ground! Success! We were a wee bit nervous sliding it for the first time…

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Once it’s in, install the second end cap. (So just imagine us awkwardly holding this ginormous, heavy door while trying to guide it in to the track). And this girl ain’t risking dropping this door for the sake of a picture. This door is HEAVY, so it definitely took both of us to slide it in. Now that the box rail is up, you can slide the hanger in to the box rail. We bought 4 box rail attachments for the 6 feet of box rail. Now you can install the box rail to the 2×4’s.

This is when we realized we will need two 2×4’s…thus why the bottom one isn’t painted. Find your studs (insert cliche joke about my stud being on the left in the picture below) and mark every stud.ĭrill in the 2×4’s to each stud, making sure it’s level as you go. Now that the DIY heavy duty barn door hardware is installed on the door, you can install the box rail to the wall. Now the hanger part fits flush against the top of the rustic barn door since you drilled a hole for the bolt to slide into.ĭrill holes for the 3 bolts on the face of the door and tighten with a wrench on the back.Īnd now they’re both installed: Step 5: Install the track to the wall This way, the rollers on the hardware for the sliding door won’t stick.

This shows a little better how we didn’t paint the rolling part. I know, these technical terms can be overwhelming. Then attach the rolling part to the hanging part. Since the hanger will sit flush against the door, there needs to be a hole for the bolt to sit in. Hold it up to the door so you know how far to drill your hole. Find a Beginner’s Guide to Using a Drill here.Īttach the nuts and bolt to the hanger part as shown: Measure how far in you want to attach it and mark where to drill on the top of the door.

Now you can attach the hanger part to the herringbone barn door.

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RELATED: All About DIY Sliding Barn Doors – Types, DIY Hardware, and Free Plans Step 4: Install the Hardware to the Door and Wall The paint scratched off a little, but I just touched it up after it was installed. We protected it with a cloth and just hammered it in. To install the end cap, you just have to wedge it in the end of the box rail.

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TIP: for tips on how to use a miter saw for beginners, check out this post! We painted them the color of our walls so they will blend in. If we didn’t do this, the door would have hit the door frame when it was sliding. In order for the sliding barn door to sit far enough off the wall, we needed to add two 2×4’s for the box rail to attach to. Sorry, no pics of this step since it took both of us to cut it. We used a Sawsall (reciprocating saw) to cut it.

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We cut it twice the width of the door, plus an inch for wriggle room…er…sliding room. The box rail also had to be trimmed to fit the width of door. Although I wouldn’t put it past myself, I did not accidentally spray paint carpet in my house. Step 2: Prep the Hardwareĭisclaimer: we have an old piece of carpet in our garage that we use as a drop cloth. We didn’t spray the part that rolls through the box rail because you can’t see it and we didn’t want it to stick…more details on that later. Since they were in zinc finish (because it was cheapest), we spray painted all of the hardware black. You can purchase pre made kits like this one or this one, but for the purposes of this tutorial, this is what I bought: Step 1: Gather Supplies Let’s start with what hardware to buy to hang the sliding door up. I hope you’re ready for a picture overload! There were a lot of steps to installing this bad boy and I plan to show you every one of them. The hardware I chose is for an actual outdoor sliding barn door, so you know it will hold up! This door is heavy, so it’s important to buy the real thing. Alright, now that we have built our own rustic herringbone barn door, it’s time to DIY some heavy duty sliding barn door hardware so we can get it hung up.

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