Barn Doors for the Tractor Shed

well hello and good morning it's the end of august it is still super hot it is very humid today and we have another heat advisory for later today but still i need to get started on working or i'm building the door for my tractor shed i will be building a sliding door so two panels that slide to either side because really one of the objectives is that i have the entire opening open so i cannot really afford to lose any um width of the opening for like hinges or something so that's why i'm thinking the sliding door will just do that right those two panels will slide away and it will not block anything so let me get started on that and i'll bring you along with the camera enjoy the rails i bought at the local hardware store it is a sliding door kit and mostly designed for interior doors but since it is all aluminum it works outside just as well the kit comes with two rollers to hang a single door so i bought two kits for my two barn doors [Music] [Music] i pre-drilled the holes and then anchored the rails into the framing with some long deck screws [Music] it is important that the rails are very level so the doors don't roll to either side by themselves i then quickly tried one of the rollers in the rail they are nylon rollers i think and they run very smoothly foreign [Music] the doors i built out of red cedar as the frame i started with the top rail attached the rollers temporarily and then slid it into the rail so i could measure the correct length for the door [Music] [Music] i will be using a corrugated steel panel inside the door frame so i cut a small slot into the upright part of the frame something the panel can slide into [Music] [Music] then i switched to the dado stack and cut a much wider slot into the top and bottom rail you will see later why this is needed for the panel to slide into [Music] so [Music] the doors will be very light so it only requires some deck screws to put the frame together i didn't glue this on because i had to remove one of the sides or both later to slide in the steel panel then i painted well stained the frames while cedar is very rot resistant by nature this stain gives it even better protection and it will prevent it from turning gray [Music] [Music] while the stain is drying i did a little excavation work i had to dig a little trench on either side of the doors for the two door sections to slide into and open not a big deal and nothing to break out the tractor for [Music] in this dark night it's too hard for me [Music] at this point it's just too dark to tell was the stars guiding me to god's shores now was the devil sent me drifting once more will these clouds ever live and the map again revealed at this point it's just too dark to tell a quick dry fit and yes this is looking very promising next i had to cut the steel panels they are 24 inches by 96 inches each and my doors are about 32 inches by 76 inches so i had to cut them in length and one in width this is quickly done with the diamond blade on the angle grinder [Music] and that's why i didn't glue the top rail in i had to take it off again to slide in the steel panels this was a bit tricky as it is a tight fit into the slots i cut around the frame but with a little patience and wiggling it finally slid in place here's the wider slot at the bottom for the corrugated part to fit in [Music] if these green and blues would lighten up if my nature would shake this wicked spell if this midnight sky would brighten up if my ears could hear a voice singing all will be well then all is well all is well [Music] i once was found now again i'm lost on merciless waves i am tossed i will tell you of his grace how it was i the seam between the two panels has a very sharp edge so i taped it over with some duct tape but only on the inside of course the door needs a lock of some sort this is a standard gate latch which i mounted on this wooden plate i tacked the panels in place with a few staples and then installed this piece of aluminum to prevent the wooden frame of the door to rub against the foundation walls these are little stoppers they go into the track of the door and they stop the movement so the door will eventually run into this one at the end or i'm also putting one in in the middle so the door can each side of the door cannot roll past the middle of the track [Music] now i needed something for the latch to latch into this is a left over concrete block from the shed foundation i moved it into place then marked the two holes for the latches and then drilled them out with the hammer drill [Applause] now i could set the concrete block into some wet concrete while the door is pinned in this will ensure a perfect fit later on and i don't need to wait drilling the holes until the concrete is cured [Music] do [Music] and that is it i really like the rustic look of the doors thank you for watching and i hope to see you soon goodbye [Music]

Channel: orange13

Views: 10,992

Rating: 4.8740158 out of 5

Keywords: Barn Door, tractor shed, sliding door

Id: DfnwfEwJnvU

Length: 12min 55sec (775 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 18 2020