The best answer to your question is chapter 27 of the hansen pole buildings construction manual.
Sliding pole barn door plans.
Shirley in fair grove dear shirley.
Expecting the door frame to be shipped pre assembled.
Run door track about 3 4 distance of door opening on each side of the jamb post.
What you need to remember when building this kind of door is to make your door 6 wider than the width of your aisle.
Diy sliding barn door hardware is available in all manner of styles and budgets and the door options are limitless from salvage finds to original diy creations like this one a mix of pallet wood and common cedar.
Dear pole barn guru.
Sliding doors are a popular option for post frame buildings.
Drill holes for the hardware.
Building door for a center aisle barn.
Sliding doors are available in many sizes and can be solid or split into two sections.
Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from toh senior technical editor mark powers.
Typical agricultural pole barn kits have one or two sliding doors most commonly placed on the gable ends of the building although they can be located on the eave walls as well.
Here it is in three parts part i.
I m using a scrap piece of steel under the wheel to test the clearance between the door and the rail.
The exact measurements and detailed diagrams can be downloaded in my free sliding barn door plans.
How does one construct a sliding barn door.
Drill two 1 2 inch holes toward the bottom and one 5 8 inch hole toward the top for the wheel.