This Old House Barn Door Project

Nathan installed the z bar knotty alder wood interior sliding barn door slab with hardware kit that can be found at the home depot.

This old house barn door project.

Cut list for installing a sliding door. See below for shopping list and tools subscribe. Rebuilding dick and sandra silvas house from foundation to finishes after a devastating fire. This handsome planked headboard which evokes the warmth and historical character of a stable in an old barn.

The pop of color will make it the focal point in a room painted in more neutral tones. Before they arrived on site we visited the vermont factory where the panels were manufactured and openings for our barn s doors and windows were precut by a king sized computer controlled router. A 1940s house makes a fresh start. In this video this old house senior technical editor mark powers builds and installs a sliding barn door.

What type of wood do you use to make a barn door. Tour the entire home. Season 21 the santa barbara house the guys headed west for the winter to raise the roof on jan winford s 1907 craftsman style bungalow in sunny santa barbara. The twenty five second version of the opening sequence shows silva the passenger picking up four coffees from a drive through.

The kit comes with all the materials required to assemble and hang the door though nathan choose to add additional 3 4 stock in this application because the wall was not plumb and the door would have hit the. The opening sequence of ask this old house consisted of a gmc van towing the blue ask this old house trailer from around massachusetts before reaching the barn at the end. Replaced old swinging doors to the pantry with a set of sliding barn doors. As the project proceeded the mix of old and new continued inside.

Ask this old house carpenter nathan gilbert travels to birmingham alabama to install a sliding barn door in an open concept loft apartment. Build the door steps 2 10. Plan for a 2 day project. The door also creates interest with its rounded top and original mail slot.

While the mattress is the key to a bed s comfort the headboard is what defines its style. The old front door was repurposed into an eye catching barn door red sliding pantry door. Close to home this old house tackled a project close to its heart. Hang the door step 11 13 before you begin measure the width of the door from the outside edges of the casing then order a hardware kit with a track twice that width.

The windows allow natural light to filter through when a solid door would not.