Our door opening is 4 wide so we built ours to be 4 wide and 7 tall.
Tongue and groove barn door.
Lay all of your pine tongue and groove out.
Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door.
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.
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.
Trim the excess tongue and groove boards off using a circular saw.
Build the door as a blank and then cut it down on a table saw to make it fit the opening.
Unfinished knotty pine tongue and groove barn wood board 15 pack.
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.
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.
The tongue and groove shiplap is the base of our door so we trimmed each of those planks to 7 tall.
I also like this board because it has.
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I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake.
First you will need to measure the size of your door opening and determine the width and height you want your door to be.
Diy barn doors step 1 selecting the material.
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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 next step to building the barn door was installing the rough sawn tongue and groove boards to the back of the face frame.
Do this for the top and bottom and sides as needed.
With the right bracing a door made from tongue and groove wood is solid and will hold up over the years.
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We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board.