How To Build A Frame For Sliding Doors

Most of the strips are 2 1 2 cut some additional strips at 5 for the top rails.

How to build a frame for sliding doors.

The grooves of the sheets should slide over each other. Cut some 1 4 plywood into strips. Apply sheeting to door grid with color matched 12 x stitch screws at 9 o c. How to frame a sliding door.

Add the next piece of metal to the frame by overlapping it over the first piece of metal. When sheeting door sheeting tucks between built in flashing and vertical member trim strip. How to build and install a sliding door step 1. Cut the header to fit between the king studs.

Screwthe metal in place at the top center and bottom. Step 1 find a sliding door location. Measure your door carefully and cut the opening to fit using a reciprocating saw. Step 2 prepare.

Step 4 position and caulk the frame. I framed the panels with the 1 4 plywood i had left over after cutting out my four door panels. This part is simple and will bring your door together in aflash. Decide on where the sliding door will be.

Lay door grid assembly on a flat surface with built in flashing and vertical member trim strip up not towards ground. Place a piece of metal on the far end of the frame. Toenail the cripple stud to the top plate and the side of the header. Before building the door measure the doorway.

Cut 1 x2 x8 boards to make the outer frame of the door. Check the wall on both sides and on the top and bottom for any. 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.

Step 3 make the header. Same pattern as building sidewalls. Install a cripple stud between the header and the top plate halfway between the king studs. Make a header by fitting two 2 x 8s around a 1 2 inch piece of plywood.

Step 5 nail the frame in place.