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Tongue and groove barn door.
Trim the excess tongue and groove boards off using a circular saw.
We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board.
The next step to building the barn door was installing the rough sawn tongue and groove boards to the back of the face 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.
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I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake.
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.
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.
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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.
In the next step the tongue and groove boards will cover the pocket screw holes so there s no need to fill them.
First you will need to measure the size of your door opening and determine the width and height you want your door to be.
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.
Diy barn doors step 1 selecting the material.
Unfinished knotty pine tongue and groove barn wood board 15 pack.
Lay all of your pine tongue and groove out.
Do this for the top and bottom and sides as needed.
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Build the door as a blank and then cut it down on a table saw to make it fit the opening.
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.
Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door.