Our original idea was to have some kind of barn door for our bathroom but after some forward thinking, ideas changed. To start we did not have the head clearance for a traditional barn door rail. Bouncing down the road would also become an issue with the door derailing. We had this beautiful farmhouse door that fit perfect and we knew there was a way to use it. During this time we were also looking into hardware for our custom cabinets and we came up with the idea to use horizontal drawer slides on the door. This eliminated any clearance issues and concealed any hardware when not in use. Our bathroom is multifunctional- it includes our shower, toilet, and a place for the dogs to go when we're not around. To eliminate any issue with the door moving while driving or to lock it when the dogs are crated, we used a beautiful piece of hardware we found at our local Old House Society. Two brass bushings were inlayed into the finished floor later on, one in each of the open and closed position. These bushings were the receivers for the peg leg lock. Close up of the mortise needed for the locking mechanism. Locking peg in the locked position. Boring this out was a scary and slow process. A 3/4'' hole had to be drilled perfectly straight from the bottom of the door up to the locking mechanism. Slightly veering off in any direction would either surface through the face of the door or make correcting the pilot very difficult because a drill bit will always follow the path of the least resistance. I was slightly off by the time I got to the handle but thats why I oversized the drill bit, knowing it wouldn't be perfect.
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