Then simple glue it back together.
Can a hollow door be used as a barn door.
Make sure you have your measurements ready.
It may not be ideal but i have made barn doors out of hollow core doors by simple easing away the moulded layer of one side of door at top and inserting glueing wood blocks inside the hollow space where your hangers will be bolted.
Hollow core doors do look well with very modern and contemporary styles.
Learn how to turn a basic door from the hardware store into a farmhouse chic sliding barn door.
Well you sure wouldn t get the barn door effect with a hollow core door and then because the hardware raises the door above the opening the door is gonna be too short unless you can find a 96 high one.
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I sanded off the previous finish burned it and stained it all blue.
There are barn door hardware kits that attach to the top of the door and not to the front that you can use.
So i headed to lowes to pick up some 2 2 boards.
Some pine planks 2 handles and a sharpie marker and you have diy faux barn doors who would ve known hollow core doors are so easy to make sexy.
She wanted to use her existing hollow core door and turn it into a sliding barn door.
Thank you for the excellent idea.
I accepted the challenge.
It might be interesting to compare the price of a good solid core door that you can buy yourself compared to how much the builder wants to charge.
How to turn your hollow core door into a barn door.
After making my own barn door my aunt asked if i could make one for her.
I noticed last week that one of the closet doors was showing wear spots.
A few pep talk soap box comments from me this project 100 proves that you can work with whatever you have to make your home work for you.
At the end i am very happy with it.
Let s start with our plywood.
You will need 1 4 thick.
First things first your sliding door needs to be wider than the door opening.
You can find this at lowes or home depot and they will cut it for you too which is super handy.
I have one that we used you can find it here.
I used this hack to turn a set of smooth hollow bifold doors into a cool looking barn door.