Okay guys, read this post on how to make the easiest sliding barn door hardware. It’s not only easy, but super cheap. I made up a shopping list for you below to go right from this post to the store! If you’ve been following our blog, you know that we build rustic furniture for a living. After building countless barn doors for customers, we finally decided to build ourselves a set. Once they were built we had a slight dilemma, spend 400.00+ on hardware to hang them, or….
After contemplating this for a while, Glen decided to try and build sliding hardware out of pumping materials, at home depot. He decided he was going to buy it & try it out. Below is what you will need to make the hardware.
Barn Door Hardware – Shopping List
We bought all our hardware in 3/4″ as we had two doors to hang. But if you have only one door to hang, you can get away with 1/2″
Please note, the steel piping comes in any sizing, we just purchased ours at 8′ for maximum sliding clearance. But again, if you’re only hanging one door, you can get it cut at only 5-6′ in length. They can cut the pipe at any length right in store.
We decided to spray it all in oil rubbed bronze & then I distressed it slightly after. We love a real vintage look!
Easy Installation
After contemplating this for a while, Glen decided to try and build sliding hardware out of pumping materials, at home depot. He decided he was going to buy it & try it out. Below is what you will need to make the hardware.
Also, on a side note, if you are finding that you need more support, you can add little 1″ wheels to the bottom of your barn doors. They’re super cheap and easy to install, you just pop in a couple screws. We find our doors glide super nice now with those.
This hardware was bought for a little over 30.00 as opposed to over 500.00, it was well worth our time trying to find the perfect pieces to do the job. It was easy to install and after eight months have having this sliding door system up, we’re still very satisfied.
This is awesome but am I missing the instructions? I will mess this up without instructions, I promise! Help!
More instructions please. What are the two little eye screws for? Do you have instructions for building a door? (new to your blog and haven’t fully explored it yet).
The eye screws screw into the top of the door. They are what the door slides with.
ahhh. In the pict they look like the little ones. Didn’t realize they make them giant sized to hold a door.
My questions, when you open the right door, does it cover the entrance to the kitchen? also, does the left door open as well. It seems too close to the wall to open fully. Just curious. We are thinking of putting in barn doors for my dad’s half bath to make it more accessible with a walker. Thanks
so this was a bit cramped as the left door slide into a wall. So only really the right door opened. it ended up being fine and wasn’t too cramped.
Love these – do they slide well? Seems like they might get stuck with the weight of the door?
They did slide pretty well considering. But they don’t slide as well as actual hardware, but we were trying to save some mega bucks!
I too would like to see exact instructions on how to do it it looks suffix planetary but those of us who are Hardware challenged could use a little guidance also I realize you have casters on the bottom but don’t the doors still sort of float outward toward you as you roll them left and right seems like they would
I am enjoying your blog!
I am curious as to how well the doors are sliding now that some time has passed…do you every have to oil the eye hooks?
Just curious…thank you!
Hey! Thank you!
We had them up for 1.5 years until we moved and they ran great! We never oiled them, but that’s a great idea!!