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.
Diy tongue and groove barn door.
Liberally apply glue all across the bottom face of the tongue and groove board.
The center is the only spot that has glue all the way thru touching both sides of groove and tongue.
Here is what we used to make our barn door.
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.
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.
You ll need a table or horses and a second person to help to assemble which is the most difficult.
Diy barn doors step 1 selecting the material.
This will be our anchor piece so we can install the rest of the tongue and groove 1 6 s.
The next step to building the barn door was installing the rough sawn tongue and groove boards to the back of the face frame.
For rustic applications recreation rooms barns shops or even boutiques build a tongue and groove door by bracing it diagonally.
Again middle board is the only one that gets glue all the way thru.
Lay all of your pine tongue and groove out.
This style of door is attractive and imparts a country feel to the surroundings reminiscent of farms and ranches.
I like using a good quality wood glue when attaching wood to other pieces of wood.
Drill 3 8 hole thru the groove and tongue and glue in a 3 8 dowel or pin.
With the right bracing a door made from tongue and groove wood is solid and will hold up over the years.
Build an rustic door with tongue and groove wood.
Hammer the tongue into the groove for a tight fit.
Face nail this board to the back of the frame.
For this i used screws and elmer s carpenter s wood glue max to attach the boards.
Coarse drywall screws 1 countersink bit.
I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake.
We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board.
Grab a rubber mallet and scrap piece of wood.
We cut each 8 wide piece to our desired length 84 and then ran the end pieces through the table saw to remove the exposed tongue and the groove slots on each side of the door.