Diy Tongue And Groove Barn Door

Diy barn doors step 1 selecting the material.
Diy tongue and groove barn door. Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door. Face nail this board to the back of the frame. 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. I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake.
Liberally apply glue all across the bottom face of the tongue and groove board. I like using a good quality wood glue when attaching wood to other pieces of wood. This style of door is attractive and imparts a country feel to the surroundings reminiscent of farms and ranches. For this i used screws and elmer s carpenter s wood glue max to attach the boards.
Coarse drywall screws 1 countersink bit. The center is the only spot that has glue all the way thru touching both sides of groove and tongue. You ll need a table or horses and a second person to help to assemble which is the most difficult. 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. 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. The next step to building the barn door was installing the rough sawn tongue and groove boards to the back of the face frame. The tongue and groove boards not only look great but add a tremendous amount of strength to the overall piece.
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. Again middle board is the only one that gets glue all the way thru. Here is what we used to make our barn door.
I also like this board because it has a beadboard like pattern on one side. Lay all of your pine tongue and groove out. This will be our anchor piece so we can install the rest of the tongue and groove 1 6 s. Hammer the tongue into the groove for a tight fit.
Grab a rubber mallet and scrap piece of wood.