How To Safely Take Down Barn Doors

Gently hammer the pivots into the pre existing holes then align the pivots into the top track bracket.

How to safely take down barn doors.

If the wood is free of rot and damage it could either be sold as reclaimed wood or used to build a new barn or structure. Probably 98 of it was oak poplar walnut or cypress. Sliding doors on a pole barn add functionality and maneuverability to the entrance. Open the door completely and block it in this position with clamps or locking pliers firmly tightened to the track to prevent the door from closing.

Rather than just knocking your barn down it is best to approach the job in the reverse order of how the barn was constructed. All we are looking to do is keep the doors locked there are 3 in total on the front and they are side sliding. Amazingly almost everything was a hardwood. There is a crescent brand of nail puller that pull nails driven flush to the wood you can get behind to pry loose.

The doors will need pivots installed at both the top and bottom to allow them to roll in the tracks. One big challenge was to figure out how to safely deconstruct the barn. Then take off the clamps or the locking pliers and slowly close the door. So its getting worse and we are now looking to secure out pole barn.

Use your screwdriver to remove all the hinges and other fittings. Solid dependable doors are necessary to allow you to enter and exit the building and when they re closed they provide a secure environment for the structure s interior and contents. Compilation time lapse and video taken while tearing down an old barn on my property. We roughly worked from the top down keeping just enough stability so it stayed upright but causing just enough weakness to pull down whole walls at once.

They where built out of salvage oil field sucker rod but cold rolled rod from the iron supply should work as well. See figure 1 you can now release the cables and take off the springs without any trouble or danger. Cousins of mine tore down a wooden grain elevator man was i glad it was too far away for my dad to volunteer me. But doors that open inward or outward often get in the way of the work.

The 2 end doors slide to the center and the center one slides over the end door on the right. If you enjoy it please hit the subscribe button and you can join me o.