Secure An Old Barn Door Too My Siding

How to lock a sliding barn door from outside.

Secure an old barn door too my siding.

Around here southwestern pa there are barns with siding of just about every kind of wood you can imagine. The old bathroom door opened up awkwardly into the space blocking the closet on the inside. Definitely the easiest way to secure a barn door from the outside is a hasp and padlock combination. My shed doors are made up of single sheets of 4x12 t1 11 with an inner 2x4 framework.

Make sure the mounting board is slightly larger than the door rails and that it can sustain a lot of weight when supporting the sliding door. Assemble the door track. A hasp and a padlock. Old barns are salvaged for roof beams and trusses as well as used for siding floor planking crown molding closet doors and many other construction uses.

We are finally renovating the exterior of our barn house. Attach the mounting board. As long as your siding is not in contact with the ground any of those woods should last for a very long time. The old faded cracked baby blue vinyl siding is long past due so we re installing new metal doo.

Door track manufacturers now offer several mechanisms that will secure and lock a sliding door. So this time for the new door we actually ended up building a barn door and placing it on the outside to save space. While difficult to lock it s not impossible to lock a siding barn door. The pop of color will make it the focal point in a room painted in more neutral tones.

Easy to make replace and maintain. The old front door was repurposed into an eye catching barn door red sliding pantry door. Attach the mounting board by firmly nailing it to the joists inside the pole barn. Keep them 1 2 inch off the ground and use a weather strip to keep out the snow.

This is a unique idea for replacing the average pantry door. Outside sheet is t1 11 wide groove. The door also creates interest with its rounded top and original mail slot. Red and white oak yellow poplar cucumber magnolia pine hemlock and the list goes on.

Because of the track system sliding doors typically have a 1 2 to clearance between the door trim due to the track system and as a result are not usually used as. My cleverer than i am brother who also happens to make sliding barn doors for people took one look at my door and suggested i put a sliding latch on it on the inside top of the door with the piece you slide your latch into on the top part of the door frame. They are horse kick proof. It s easy to install and allows you to firmly lock the closed barn door in place.

Reclaimed material is also excellent for making a barn or barn doors as well.