How to Make a Sliding Barn Door

How to make a sliding barn door with DIY Pete. This sliding barn door tutorial is detailed with step by step instructions to build your own custom barn door for your home. Pete will show you how to build your hardware from scratch. The barn door is made out of cedar pickets.

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[dogehill]

Awesome project! Instructions very clear, precise and easy to understand. Just the right speed for someone who wants to get an understanding of the full project before starting, without watching an overly long video! Highly recommend!!

[DominionLAX]

Very well done Pete. This is how all of these DIY videos should be put together! Great video and the voice over instructions explain everything so you know exactly what to do.

[justsaying]

I like how you show the steps, and how you walk everyone through it bro! Awesome video!

[cameronwong]

@DIYPETE - there are a million barn door videos on YouTube but I have to say this one is my absolute favorite! looks so nice!

[RobinLewisMakes]

Wow, the waterbased finish looks amazing on that timber! Door came out great. Haven't seen this design before but I really really like it

[ivory]

Holy Helena Montana where has this been? I have all the hardwear but this remains one of the unfinished projects in my new house. This is exactly what I want for my barn door! Thanks so much! I can't wait to show my son this, and bust this out to impress my 6 brothers .... who are self-proclaimed journeyman carpenters, engineers, and architects even though they spend their days doing taxes, drilling people's teeth, and coaching.

[tngo]

Very nice built the double chair using your plans a few months I will try building this Barn Door for my garage

[andrewmitchell]

Thanks for this. I'm moving into a new house at the end of the month and was looking into buying a ready made sliding door, but will use your design for sure!

[lotfimouelhi]

nice vid the right speed and very understandable english for those fellows learning the language thank you

[ryandanielable]

great video! pace, voice, instructions, equipment, tools, tips.. this is about the best instructional video channel I've found - subscribed!

[jukes]

We use to live in Whitehall, MT. Hoping to build a small home in the near future. Will come back to this vid when we're ready. Nice door. Well done.

[American-OutdoorsNet]

Simple, easy and packs a lot of "wow". Thanks Pete.

[kathym]

Thank you for showing the handle pull on the backside of the door. I have searched all over for details. Our door will be on a bathroom so we definitely need an inside handle.

[lakeman]

Nice work Pete. I almost moved on when you called that sheet of OSB "plywood", but let it slide (pun intended.) ;-)

[cacostta]

The best and easyest diy barn door I've ever seen! Thaks for sharing!!

[doracanavarro]

AMEI SEU VÍDEO. ME GANHOU COMO ESCRITA MUITO GRATIDÃO. !!

[samighali]

Beautiful work. I am a trained blacksmith. I am going to build the same door! The only thing, if I may say that we liked less and we think it is out of the proportion of the door, is the tiny handle. In my opinion, double the size. That being said, the video, sound, techniques, details, step by step were simply fabulous.

[gregl]

Finally!!! a modern barn door---awesome job

[TheWeirdSide]

I have been remodeling a basement using cedar for baseboards, moulding, etc..
Funny, I applied the same water based product. Very happy with how that product keeps the natural tone of wood.

Door looks great! I do wonder if a welding metal together at seams would deter any future wood warping. Perhaps the osb is enough to keep things plumb.

[jdansbee]

Wow! That turned out great, Pete. I really enjoyed your tutorial, the pace at which you present the steps is just right.