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.
Diy tongue and groove barn door.
Tongue and groove boards are available in 1 6 and 1 8 so the number of boards and size will be based on how wide you want your finished door.
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.
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.
I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake.
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.
The center is the only spot that has glue all the way thru touching both sides of groove and tongue.
Build an rustic door with tongue and groove wood.
For rustic applications recreation rooms barns shops or even boutiques build a tongue and groove door by bracing it diagonally.
The tongue and groove shiplap is the base of our door so we trimmed each of those planks to 7 tall.
Hammer the tongue into the groove for a tight fit.
And yes you could build this door from straight boards without the tongue and groove as well.
Diy barn doors step 1 selecting the material.
This door above is made from 1 8 tongue and groove pine boards.
We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board.
First you will need to measure the size of your door opening and determine the width and height you want your door to be.
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.
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If you face nail be sure to fill in any brad holes with wood filler.
Our door opening is 4 wide so we built ours to be 4 wide and 7 tall.