You ll need a set of sliding door hardware as well as a door that s large enough to cover your opening.
Replace garage door with barn doors.
Those who are comfortable with using carpentry tools will be right at home with building a barn door.
Rolls up and down on tracks sliding.
Barn style garage doors as shown here slide open to the side requiring a wider garage wall to.
You can also choose to buy a barn door hardware kit from major hardware stores.
To begin with the openings are not framed to the same size.
This in itself is reason enough to spend the generally few dollars up front to use a sectional steel overhead door.
This will involve taking some measurements and cutting some wood.
Use a template to mark the holes for your door hardware then drill the holes making sure to hold the drill perpendicular to the floor.
Trade your ordinary interior door for a farm chic sliding barn door with these easy steps.
These are large doors that appear to have handles that would allow you to swing them open to allow entry rather than opening in an overhead fashion like most modern garage doors.
The most common type of garage door.