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.
Diy tongue and groove barn door.
Diy barn doors step 1 selecting the material.
We ended up using 6 total boards per door and cut the ends off so the final measurement came out to 35 wide enough to cover each side of our hallway door opening by a few inches.
Hammer the tongue into the groove for a tight fit.
First you will need to measure the size of your door opening and determine the width and height you want your door to be.
Drill 3 8 hole thru the groove and tongue and glue in a 3 8 dowel or pin.
How to build a sliding barn door.
The center is the only spot that has glue all the way thru touching both sides of groove and tongue.
And yes you could build this door from straight boards without the tongue and groove as well.
I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake.
Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door here is what we used to make our barn door.
The tongue and groove shiplap is the base of our door so we trimmed each of those planks to 7 tall.
This door above is made from 1 8 tongue and groove pine boards.
Our door opening is 4 wide so we built ours to be 4 wide and 7 tall.
Secure the 1 1 4 brad nails into the back of the main frame by either face nailing them or going through the tongue.
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.
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.
For rustic applications recreation rooms barns shops or even boutiques build a tongue and groove door by bracing it diagonally.
If you face nail be sure to fill in any brad holes with wood filler.
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.