Making A Sliding Door Frame

Cut your two sheets of plywood usually available in 4 feet wide by 8 feet long into the exact dimensions of the wood frame which will also be the dimensions of your diy sliding door.

Making a sliding door frame.

Doors come in a wide range of styles so you should be able to find the ideal sliding door for your patio. Let us know in the comments. Cut 1 x2 x8 boards to make the outer frame of the door. The barn door looks best if it overlaps the opening by at least.

Our door is 8 tall so we cut two 8 pieces and four. I framed the panels with the 1 4 plywood i had left over after cutting out my four door panels. Before building the door measure the doorway. Trim will cover the lower 1 1 2 side and 5 1 2 face.

Sliding doors should extend at least an inch beyond the sides of the opening that don t have trim or an inch beyond the moldings of openings with trim. An opening of roughly 72 inches in width and 80 inches in height is the usual requirement for a sliding door frame. Frame the sliding cabinet doors. We read the instructions and sketched a simple plan of what we wanted the door to look like.

Make sure the openings are at least a quarter of an inch larger on the top and the sides. What projects should we make next. Cut some 1 4 plywood into strips. Starting from end cut a 1 1 2 slot along trim bend.

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. Most of the strips are 2 1 2 cut some additional strips at 5 for the top rails. We started by picking everbilt sliding door hardware available at home depot. This is the actual thickness of a 2x4.

How to build and install a sliding door step 1. You will need to add 1 2 of plywood between the 2x4 s to get the right wall thickness of 3 1 2. Install track board trim before sliding door track. You can use a level to be sure it is even all the way around.

Check the 4 corners with your framing square. Install track board trim 1 1 2 x 5 1 2 l over 2 6 sliding door track board. Wayne lennox cottage life s trusted handyman shows us how to build a custom door frame.