sandpaper or sanding block primer, paint and painting supplies (2) 1x2 x 8' wood frame (4) 1x2 x 47" wood frame (3) 1x2 x 31" wood frame (3) 1x2 x 11" pine boards (2) luan plywood sheets (2) 1" circle brackets (2) round base plates When newlyweds Scott and Chelsea Iwatta bought a townhouse in Costa Mesa, Calif., they wanted to make a few changes that would fit their needs better. The first issue they wanted to tackle was in the bedroom. While the archway between the bedroom and bathroom was charming, there was no door and no privacy. I called on my friend Sean Genrich, who's a carpenter, to help me construct a solution that would be inexpensive and solve the privacy problem. In one day and on a budget of $300, we built and installed a yellow sliding door. Before building the door, measure the doorway. The barn door looks best if it overlaps the opening by at least 2" on all sides. This project was based on a doorway with a 4' x 8' foot opening.

Cut 1"x2"x8' boards to make the outer frame of the door. Our door is 8' tall so we cut two 8' pieces and four 47" pieces. Put two 47" pieces aside to use later. Screw together the two 8' pieces and two 47" pieces to make a rectangle. Use the other two 47" pieces of wood to make the horizontal supports in the interior frame. When you install them, they should divide your door horizontally into thirds, about 32" apart. Apply wood glue everywhere two wood pieces meet and attach with screws. In each section, cut and add 31" pieces of 1 x 2" boards to tie into the 47" horizontal pieces to create more support. This will give your door structure. Mount a 1" x 2" x 11" piece of wood on either side of the frame at the height you would like your door handle to be. Our handle is larger, so we mounted three pine pieces next to each other to ensure the handle would screw in later. Here's what your frame should look like after you've built the frame (pictured left) and installed additional supports (pictured right).

Attach the plywood sheet to the back of the door. Apply wood glue on all top surfaces of the pieces of both your inner and outer frames. Place the plywood on top of the frame, apply wood glue and secure it with screws once it's aligned. Flip the door so that the newly attached plywood side faces down. Use a utility knife to cut squares out of a half sheet of foam insulation to fit inside the spaces between ribs. sliding barn door hardware canadaSpray each square with a small amount of expanding foam to secure the square inside the frame. sliding barn door hardware canadaThis cuts down on noise passing through your door.garage door lintel prices When the foam has dried, secure the final piece of plywood to the door.

Apply wood glue on the frame, and lay the luan plywood on top of the frame. Secure the plywood with wood screws. Use spackle to fill in the screw holes. Lightly sand to ensure your entire surface is smooth and ready for paint. Apply an even coat of white primer to all sides of the door. After the primer has dried completely, roll on your paint color. Measure 6" in from either end of the bottom of the door to attach rolling casters. Secure with drywall screws. Install 1" circle brackets to the top of the door frame 6" in from either side of the door. Mount the door handle at a comfortable height by screwing into the spot prepared for it by internal supports. Installing the hardware is best accomplished with the help of a buddy. Start by running a galvanized pipe through the two circle brackets on the top of the door. Keeping it inside the brackets, hold the pipe up as high as it will go and measure from the bottom of the casters to the middle of the galvanized pipe. This measurement will provide the correct height at which to attach your round base plates to the wall.

Once one end is threaded and secured to the wall, thread the 90-degree elbow onto the pipe. Attach the last base plate to the elbow, and secure the second base plate to the wall in its correct position. Pro Tip: If your doorway is framed with molding, you may need to cut and use an additional square of wood behind your base plate to distance the pipe from the wall, ensuring the door will clear the molding and will roll closed properly. If needed, this could be painted the same color as the wall so that it will disappear. A comfortable and cheery bedroom in neutral tones offers plantation shutters and a wall fireplace which it shares with the bathroom. A yellow sliding barn door and arched doorway are unique features of this bedroom. I have to label one on an architectural drawing, and it occurred to me that there may be a more technically accurate term for it than "passageway" or "archway." Don't know if this question is more appropriate for Home Improvement or the English Language and Usage site.

If you were just using the dictionary definitions, it would be called a "doorway". 1. the passage or opening into a building, room, etc., commonly closed and opened by a door; 2. a means of access: a doorway to success. 1. a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves. 2. a doorway: to go through the door. 3. the building, house, etc., to which a door belongs: My friend lives two doors down the street. 4. any means of approach, admittance, or access: the doors to learning. 5. any gateway marking an entrance or exit from one place or state to another: at heaven's door. 1. a way for passing into, through, or out of something, as within a building or between buildings; a corridor, hall, alley, catwalk, or 2. a corridor on a ship. 1. an entrance or passage under an arch. 2. a covering or enclosing arch. 1. a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.

1. the underside of an architectural feature, as a beam, arch, ceiling, vault, or cornice. Since you're dealing with architectural drawings, you'll probably want to use "Cased Opening" (or "Arched Opening" if the top of the opening should have an arch). Which would be drawn on a blueprint using this symbol. A cased opening is a doorway that is trimmed out, but does not contain a door. If you just want an opening in the wall without trim, you could just call it an "Opening", or "archway". It would look like this on a blueprint. Chief Architect software calls door-sized openings without casings "archways" regardless of the shape of the top of the opening. I had an archway that was a plain old rectangle in my last renovation and all the trades knew exactly what I meant when I called it that. It's a cased opening if it's finished, otherwise we call it a drywall opening. My choice would be portal. It signifies you can get from one room to the other.Browse other questions tagged architecture or ask your own question.