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Review on DIY Sliding Barn Wood Door Kit - Pre-Drilled And Ready To Assemble - Natural Solid Spruce Wood - Interior Single Door - Fit 4FT Rail by Shane Hartford

Revainrating 1 out of 5

The verticle slats are 3/8 " too short.

I was really starting to enjoy putting this together. The instructions are lousy. When you drop the C1 slat, it fits into the groove of the 84" long board, you then slide subsequent C2 slats on top of each other. When you top it off with the C3 slat the result should be that the boards are 3/8" above where the other 84" board closes it up to make the complete door.What actually happens is, that the boards are flush with the (3) 48" boards so that the Top board that is suppose to lock everything up, only meets those slats, not fit into them. This makes for an unstable fit. The slats have the floating ability to cause airspace. Not good engineering. They must not have made a prototype to work out the bugs. Also, not enough screws to go all around. Should be just a tad larger because the angle boards are warped. You need to be able to have more bite into the wood to draw the boards flush, and take out the airspace between them and the door.I haven't got them all put together yet, because I have to go to the hardware store and buy more screws.It appears that if you are going to have any success at all, you need to glue! glue! glue!Also, be sure that you run the long screws all the way down. I didn't understand that I needed to measure how far they went in, so as to not have the dowlings that you plug the hole with stick up past flush and find your self thinking you have to cut them down and file or sand flush. I learned the hard way.

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Pros
  • Easy to install with included hardware
Cons
  • May require additional finishing to match existing decor