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Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House Insider to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: O’Neill Company provided expert assistance with this segment in Lexington, MA. All of these items can be found at home centers and lumberyards.Ĭ.R. To secure the boards together, the team used a variety of framing nails with a nail gun. To frame the new barn, Tom and the rest of the team used a combination of 2×4” stock framing lumber for the studs and 2×6” stock framing lumber for the roof rafters. Then, after attaching hinges to the doors and hanging them in the opening, Mark calls his chicken barn complete.Ĭost: $300 to $500 in framing material, varying by size With careful scribe work, the team cuts door casings for the top and sides of the opening. After scribing the jambs to fit the uneven granite, the team drills holes in the stone and inserts a threaded rod to hold the jambs in place. With Tom and Kevin’s help, the crew comes up with a plan for hanging the door jambs on Mark’s stone door opening. Before long, the sliding barn doors are hung, and the team turns its attention to the front doors. They install the hardware on the doors and barn after explaining how the brackets, rails, and rollers work. In the rear of the barn, Nathan, William, and Mark install a sliding barn door. In this video, Ask This Old House carpenter Nathan Gilbert enlists the help of his father to install sliding barn doors on Mark McCullough’s chicken barn.Ĭarpenters Nathan Gilbert and his father William lend a hand building the barn doors.