Be sure all pieces are in place.
Tongue and groove for barn doors.
The tongue and groove shiplap is the base of our door so we trimmed each of those planks to 7 tall.
We also had to alter one of ours vertically to get it to our desired width of four feet.
I wanted tongue and groove because pine tends to shrink a lot and i didn t want to see through any cracks that open up over time as the pine shrinks.
For rustic applications recreation rooms barns shops or even boutiques build a tongue and groove door by bracing it diagonally.
Here is what we used to make our barn door.
This style of door is attractive and imparts a country feel to the surroundings reminiscent of farms and ranches.
Build an rustic door with tongue and groove wood.
We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board.
I also like this board because it has a beadboard like pattern on one side.
The back layer of wood is rough sawn white pine that s 3 4 thick that i had the lumber yard turn into tongue and groove.
With the right bracing a door made from tongue and groove wood is solid and will hold up over the years.
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.
Unfinished knotty pine tongue and groove barn wood board 15 pack.
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.
Lay the shiplap planks flat attach them together with the tongue grooves.