I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake.
Tongue and groove for barn doors.
Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door.
With the right bracing a door made from tongue and groove wood is solid and will hold up over the years.
Our door opening is 4 wide so we built ours to be 4 wide and 7 tall.
First you will need to measure the size of your door opening and determine the width and height you want your door to be.
Trim the excess tongue and groove boards off using a circular saw.
Lay all of your pine tongue and groove out.
Diy barn doors step 1 selecting the material.
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.
I also like this board because it has.
How to build a sliding barn door.
The tongue and groove shiplap is the base of our door so we trimmed each of those planks to 7 tall.
We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board.
Build the door as a blank and then cut it down on a table saw to make it fit the opening.
Here is what we used to make our barn door.
Do this for the top and bottom and sides as needed.
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.