How to build a sliding barn door.
Tongue and groove barn door.
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Build the door as a blank and then cut it down on a table saw to make it fit the opening.
In the next step the tongue and groove boards will cover the pocket screw holes so there s no need to fill them.
First you will need to measure the size of your door opening and determine the width and height you want your door to be.
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Unfinished knotty pine tongue and groove barn wood board 15 pack.
Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door.
Since i wanted my door to be 37 inches wide to cover the opening and my 6 pieces of 1x6 inch tongue and groove which really measures 75 x 5 5 inches only measures to 33 inches when assembled 5 5 x 6 33 my 7th tongue and groove board needs to be cut down the middle using a table saw to two 2 inch pieces.
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.
My barn door will be using the 79 or 6 foot 7 inch kit from industrial by design that accommodates a maximum door opening size of 38 or smaller.
Start by building a door for a 36 inch opening with typical 4 by 96 inch tongue and groove wood.
Step 2 installing the tongue groove board to back of barn door.
Do this for the top and bottom and sides as needed.
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.
Trim the excess tongue and groove boards off using a circular saw.
The tongue and groove shiplap is the base of our door so we trimmed each of those planks to 7 tall.
The next step to building the barn door was installing the rough sawn tongue and groove boards to the back of the face frame.
Our door opening is 4 wide so we built ours to be 4 wide and 7 tall.
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Diy barn doors step 1 selecting the material.
I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake.
With the right bracing a door made from tongue and groove wood is solid and will hold up over the years.