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Tongue and groove for barn doors.
Diy barn doors step 1 selecting the material.
Start by building a door for a 36 inch opening with typical 4 by 96 inch tongue and groove wood.
Our door opening is 4 wide so we built ours to be 4 wide and 7 tall.
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.
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.
With the right bracing a door made from tongue and groove wood is solid and will hold up over the years.
The tongue and groove shiplap is the base of our door so we trimmed each of those planks to 7 tall.
Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door.
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.
Here is what we used to make our barn door.
Trim the excess tongue and groove boards off using a circular saw.
I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake.
We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board.
Do this for the top and bottom and sides as needed.
How to build a sliding barn door.
Build the door as a blank and then cut it down on a table saw to make it fit the opening.