Tongue And Groove Barn Door Plans
How to make a door with tongue groove wood.
Tongue and groove barn door plans. 1 1 x 6 or 1 x 4 pine board 10 feet 8 1 1 4 finishing screws. Match the tongue on one board with the. I also like this board because it has a beadboard like pattern on one side. 6 1 x 6 pine tongue and groove boards 8 feet.
Lay nine pieces of tongue and groove wood face down parallel to each other on a flat surface. Our door opening is 4 wide so we built ours to be 4 wide and 7 tall. Purchasing interior barn doors is easy and there are many available options to choose from. We do have complete step by step plans on our etsy shop.
Diy barn door plans. The key in building your own barn doors is to keep them strong enough to handle the stress of opening and closing without making them too heavy and cumbersome to operate. Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door. 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.
We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board. 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. Diy barn doors step 1 selecting the material. Run a bead of glue inside the all the grooves using the tip of a glue bottle.
Diy barn doors the process. Using my sketch of the door i started by building the face frame of the. Step 2 installing the tongue groove board to back of barn door. Today i have a beginners guide to building a barn door with free plans and a video tutorial.
Step 3 finishing. Building tongue and groove doors simple tools solid results. How to build a sliding barn door. How to build rustic sliding barn door step 1 building the face frame for barn door.
Lay all of your pine tongue and groove out. Consider the different factors in choosing the right barn door from. Don t overdo it just a. 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.
Building a barn door is not hard if you have some basic woodworking skills and good directions. Building tongue and groove doors is easier than you might think plus you do not need an array of fancy tools to do it. First you will need to measure the size of your door opening and determine the width and height you want your door to be. I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake.
The tongue and groove shiplap is the base of our door so we trimmed each of those planks to 7 tall. Here is what we used to make our barn door.