Barn Door Using Tongue And Groove
Lay all of your pine tongue and groove out.
Barn door using tongue and groove. Tongue and groove boards are available in 1 6 and 1 8 so the number of boards and size will be based on how wide you want your finished door. The next step to building the barn door was installing the rough sawn tongue and groove boards to the back of the face frame. Use your speed square to keep the caster square to the door and pre drill through the two holes. Before you build this barn door i definitely suggest to measure your doorway and determine how wide your door needs to be.
Set the top of the caster 1 3 4 away from the top of the barn door. How to build a sliding barn door. Trim the excess tongue and groove boards off using a circular saw. May 7 2020 how to build a barn door with tongue and groove joinery may 7 2020 may 4 2020 how to build a barn door the easy way.
I also like this board because it has. I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake. Purchasing interior barn doors is easy and there are many available options to choose from. Our door opening is 4 wide so we built ours to be 4 wide and 7 tall.
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. Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door. First you will need to measure the size of your door opening and determine the width and height you want your door to be. Build the door as a blank and then cut it down on a table saw to make it fit the opening.
We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board. Sliding barn door hardware diy barn door sliding door jacobean stain garage door design garage doors rest the doors small doors. Start by building a door for a 36 inch opening with typical 4 by 96 inch tongue and groove wood. Here is what we used to make our barn door.
In the next step the tongue and groove boards will cover the pocket screw holes so there s no need to fill them. Diy barn doors step 1 selecting the material. Consider the different factors in choosing the right barn door from. Step 2 installing the tongue groove board to back of barn door.
The tongue and groove shiplap is the base of our door so we trimmed each of those planks to 7 tall. Do this for the top and bottom and sides as needed. 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. This door above is made from 1 8 tongue and groove pine boards.
With the right bracing a door made from tongue and groove wood is solid and will hold up over the years.