Making A Cross Brace Barn Door

Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.
Making a cross brace barn door. Join our facebook group. The name describes the shape formed by the boards used to brace the parallel door boards and keep them from sagging or warping due to gravity when the finished door is hung from hinges. Do the same with the other piece. Diy sliding barn door hardware is available in all manner of styles and budgets and the door options are limitless from salvage finds to original diy creations like this one a mix of pallet wood and common cedar.
Because the loads are transferred to the bottom hinge and the bottom hinge is closer to the ground the gate ends up more. A z brace door allows you to use boards to make a door instead of a single sheet of material like plywood. 14 steps to building your. In compression loads are distributed over the end cross section of of the brace as well as the screws nails that greatly reduces the overall rate of fibre compression which means it will sag less and last longer.