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I have a detached garage that I am converting into a workshop. It has an ancient 8’w x 7h’ one-piece swing-up door that threatens to fall on my head every time I open it, and I have in mind to replace it with two 1’w static sections and two 3’w doors of a carriage-house flavor.
Since doors like this appear to be commercially available exactly NOwhere, I’m planning to build my own rail-and-stile doors with lights in the upper quarter.
Q: what materials would be best to construct these from? the doors do not face the direction from which the prevailing weather arrives.
Q: in placing the panels inset between the rails and stiles, is it better to leave them loose (that is, unglued) so as to allow a bit of expansion and contraction? (I would still expect to use some flexible caulk.)
Q: any suggestions or considerations on hardware with which to hang them or for security? I want them to swing out, but haven’t seen any heavy-duty concealed-pin hinges available. I plan to place vertical slide bolts into one door, and a deadbolt into the other.
TIA!
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I have a detached garage that I am converting into a workshop. It has an ancient 8'w x 7h' one-piece swing-up door that threatens to fall on my head every time I open it, and I have in mind to replace it with two 1'w static sections and two 3'w doors of a carriage-house flavor.
Since doors like this appear to be commercially available exactly NOwhere, I'm planning to build my own rail-and-stile doors with lights in the upper quarter.
Q: what materials would be best to construct these from? the doors do not face the direction from which the prevailing weather arrives.
Q: in placing the panels inset between the rails and stiles, is it better to leave them loose (that is, unglued) so as to allow a bit of expansion and contraction? (I would still expect to use some flexible caulk.)
Q: any suggestions or considerations on hardware with which to hang them or for security? I want them to swing out, but haven't seen any heavy-duty concealed-pin hinges available. I plan to place vertical slide bolts into one door, and a deadbolt into the other.
TIA!