Lay all of your pine tongue and groove out.
Making a tongue and groove barn door.
The next step to building the barn door was installing the rough sawn tongue and groove boards to the back of the face frame.
We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board.
Batten doors can be made with tongue and groove doors ship lap or simple boards that are typically suitable for outdoor use.
I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake.
Diy barn doors step 1 selecting the material.
The tongue and groove shiplap is the base of our door so we trimmed each of those planks to 7 tall.
With the right bracing a door made from tongue and groove wood is solid and will hold up over the years.
Build and install a sliding barn door.
Build the door as a blank and then cut it down on a table saw to make it fit the opening.
The first step before you build and install a sliding barn door is to measure your door opening size and decided which hardware kit you re going to need.
Since i wanted my door to be 37 inches wide to cover the opening and my 6 pieces of 1x6 inch tongue and groove which really measures 75 x 5 5 inches only measures to 33 inches when assembled 5 5 x 6 33 my 7th tongue and groove board needs to be cut down the middle using a table saw to two 2 inch pieces.
How to build a board and batten door video materials used for board and batten doors.
Our door opening is 4 wide so we built ours to be 4 wide and 7 tall.
The tongue and groove boards not only look great but add a tremendous amount of strength to the overall piece.
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.
In the next step the tongue and groove boards will cover the pocket screw holes so there s no need to fill them.
First you will need to measure the size of your door opening and determine the width and height you want your door to be.
My barn door will be using the 79 or 6 foot 7 inch kit from industrial by design that accommodates a maximum door opening size of 38 or smaller.
Start by building a door for a 36 inch opening with typical 4 by 96 inch tongue and groove wood.
Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door.
I also like this board because it has.
Here is what we used to make our barn door.
How to build a sliding barn door.
Tongue and groove and ship lad doors offer weather resistance by closing the seams off.