Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door.
Diy tongue and groove barn door.
The tongue and groove boards not only look great but add a tremendous amount of strength to the overall piece.
Build an rustic door with tongue and groove wood.
The next step to building the barn door was installing the rough sawn tongue and groove boards to the back of the face frame.
Lay all of your pine tongue and groove out.
Drill 3 8 hole thru the groove and tongue and glue in a 3 8 dowel or pin.
With the right bracing a door made from tongue and groove wood is solid and will hold up over the years.
Grab a rubber mallet and scrap piece of wood.
We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board.
After cutting the tongue and groove shiplap pieces to the length that you want your door in my case 86 inches take 6 of the 7 pieces and working one piece at a time insert the tongue part into the grooves.
You ll need a table or horses and a second person to help to assemble which is the most difficult.
We cut each 8 wide piece to our desired length 84 and then ran the end pieces through the table saw to remove the exposed tongue and the groove slots on each side of the door.
This style of door is attractive and imparts a country feel to the surroundings reminiscent of farms and ranches.
Here is what we used to make our barn door.
I like using a good quality wood glue when attaching wood to other pieces of wood.
Face nail this board to the back of the frame.
I also like this board because it has a beadboard like pattern on one side.
I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake.
Hammer the tongue into the groove for a tight fit.
I purchased mine at lowe s for 5 58 each and used 8 boards for the door 3 for the frame and 2 for the british brace arrow look so 13 total per door.
Again middle board is the only one that gets glue all the way thru.
Coarse drywall screws 1 countersink bit.
Diy barn doors step 1 selecting the material.
10 pieces of tongue and groove pine 8 ft tall or however tall you want it it comes in 6 ft 8 ft and 12 ft at home depot.
Liberally apply glue all across the bottom face of the tongue and groove board.
This will be our anchor piece so we can install the rest of the tongue and groove 1 6 s.