With the right bracing a door made from tongue and groove wood is solid and will hold up over the years.
Tongue and groove for barn doors.
I would purchase a few extra just in case you make a mistake.
Diy barn doors step 1 selecting the material.
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.
Lay all of your pine tongue and groove out.
Here is what we used to make our barn door.
Materials for building a tongue and groove barn door.
The tongue and groove shiplap is the base of our door so we trimmed each of those planks to 7 tall.
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.
Do this for the top and bottom and sides as needed.
How to build a sliding barn 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.
Start by building a door for a 36 inch opening with typical 4 by 96 inch tongue and groove wood.
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.
Trim the excess tongue and groove boards off using a circular saw.
Our door opening is 4 wide so we built ours to be 4 wide and 7 tall.
We used this one which i was estatic to find because it was about 5 per board.