Barn Door Using Tongue And Groove
How to make a barn door double sided.
Barn door using tongue and groove. The next step to building the barn door was installing the rough sawn tongue and groove boards to the back of the face frame. We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board. This video details how to build a barn door using tongue and groove. Sliding barn door hardware diy barn door sliding door jacobean stain garage door design garage doors rest the doors small doors.
Lay nine pieces of tongue and groove wood face down parallel to each other on a flat surface. With the right tools these doors are easy and inex. Purchasing interior barn doors is easy and there are many available options to choose from. Face nail this board to the back of the frame.
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. Consider the different factors in choosing the right barn door from. How to make a door with tongue groove wood step 1.
Don t overdo it just a light bead. I like using a good quality wood glue when attaching wood to other pieces of wood. Here is what we used to make our 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.
These doors are double sided and can be used in an entryway or window that is exposed on both sides unlike a closet or pantry. How to build a sliding barn door. I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake. Tongue and groove boards start at about 12mm thick very thin and go up to around 20mm.
After cutting the tongue and groove shiplap pieces to the length that you want your door in my case 86 inches take 6 of the 7 pieces and working one piece at a time insert the tongue part into the grooves. Lay all of your pine tongue and groove out. Run a bead of glue inside the all the grooves using the tip of a glue bottle. For this i used screws and elmer s carpenter s wood glue max to attach the boards.
The tongue and groove shiplap is the base of our door so we trimmed each of those planks to 7 tall. 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. When buying timber of any type be aware of the difference between rough sawn and planed timber. Liberally apply glue all across the bottom face of the tongue and groove board.
I also like this board because it has a beadboard like pattern on one side. The simplest type of board to use is the interlocking tongue and groove type.