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.
Face nail this board to the back of the frame.
The next step to building the barn door was installing the rough sawn tongue and groove boards to the back of the face frame.
Build an rustic door with tongue and groove wood.
Here is what we used to make our barn door.
For rustic applications recreation rooms barns shops or even boutiques build a tongue and groove door by bracing it diagonally.
We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board.
The center is the only spot that has glue all the way thru touching both sides of groove and tongue.
Liberally apply glue all across the bottom face of the tongue and groove board.
You ll need a table or horses and a second person to help to assemble which is the most difficult.
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.
This style of door is attractive and imparts a country feel to the surroundings reminiscent of farms and ranches.
Diy barn doors step 1 selecting the material.
I also like this board because it has a beadboard like pattern on one side.
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.
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.
I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake.
Drill 3 8 hole thru the groove and tongue and glue in a 3 8 dowel or pin.
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.
Grab a rubber mallet and scrap piece of wood.
For this i used screws and elmer s carpenter s wood glue max to attach the boards.
Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door.
Hammer the tongue into the groove for a tight fit.
Again middle board is the only one that gets glue all the way thru.