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(thought I’d repost this in here, since it looks like the front yard rolls over awful fast…)
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 [correction, one supplier], 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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We just finished a small shed a couple of months ago shich had similar doors. One of my partners built the doors, traditional rail and stile frame, but the panels he inserted were made of two layers of that thin pine v-joint wainscot. The layers are glued together square to each other and 45 degrees from plumb. These panels are glued (I think) into the frame as they are not going to move very much. They look great. Cost us almost a thousand dollars to build and install. Good looking litle shack, though.
Security wasn't an issue in our case, but you can just take whatever hinges you prefer and get the pins welded in.
Ron
*Always leave the panels loose. How critical is weight for this door?
*Not critical... no requirement that they be lightweight nor that they be heavy.They'll be painted, so appearance is also not an issue.
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(thought I'd repost this in here, since it looks like the front yard rolls over awful fast...)
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 [correction, one supplier], 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!