Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door.
Diy tongue and groove barn door.
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.
The center is the only spot that has glue all the way thru touching both sides of groove and tongue.
I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake.
This style of door is attractive and imparts a country feel to the surroundings reminiscent of farms and ranches.
I like using a good quality wood glue when attaching wood to other pieces of 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.
For this i used screws and elmer s carpenter s wood glue max to attach the boards.
Drill 3 8 hole thru the groove and tongue and glue in a 3 8 dowel or pin.
Lay all of your pine tongue and groove out.
You ll need a table or horses and a second person to help to assemble which is the most difficult.
This will be our anchor piece so we can install the rest of the tongue and groove 1 6 s.
Again middle board is the only one that gets glue all the way thru.
Coarse drywall screws 1 countersink bit.
Hammer the tongue into the groove for a tight fit.
For rustic applications recreation rooms barns shops or even boutiques build a tongue and groove door by bracing it diagonally.
Face nail this board to the back of the frame.
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.
The tongue and groove boards not only look great but add a tremendous amount of strength to the overall piece.
Grab a rubber mallet and scrap piece of wood.
With the right bracing a door made from tongue and groove wood is solid and will hold up over the years.
I also like this board because it has a beadboard like pattern on one side.
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.
Build an rustic door with tongue and groove wood.
Liberally apply glue all across the bottom face of the tongue and groove board.
Here is what we used to make our barn door.