I have a client who has a barn made of cinder blocks. There are 3 door openings, neither are the same Rough opening. They want me to craft dutch doors, thus making each one custom to some degree. I never made a dutch door, no idea how. Any one have plans for a cheap utility style dutch door? It does not have to be weather tight, they just want a door that can keep animals in and weather out within reason.
I’d like detailed plans. yes I know I can prob get them made at a fab shop, but in the absense of that, if I made them myself I need ideas and plans on how.
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Just my opinion:
if you can frame-in the rough openings to accept a STANDARD size door, that will be your cheapest path by far. Then you should be able to buy a lumberyard type of stile and rail door with a midrail--or lock rail--and cut it into a top and bottom at the lock rail. Keep in mind that you will need a frame, FOUR hinges, some type of lock on the bottom leaf and some type of lock on the top leaf, a shelf if necessary, and seal the heck out of it.
Custom sized Dutch doors = NOT cheap.
I concur with door boy...buy standard and adapt. There is a very good book on building doors from scratch and adapting existing. I think it's called The Door Handbook that has been useful to me when making customized doors.
silver