Hi all,
first time here, so I hope you can help! I have bought a house and as seems
to be normal, have run out of money before finishing all the work that needs
to be done. I need to replace an old 1930's wooden garage door and have
decided to try to make one myself! Minimal experience, but very keen to
give it a go.
What I am hoping someone can help me with is to try to find a simple plan
for making a wooden door. It is the style that opens in the middle
outwards. About 2/5 of the door at the top is taken up by 6 small panes of
glass and the bottom 3/5 looks like it was made of wood panelling. I would
like to replicate the same style of door, or at least similar.
If anyone could point me in the right direction as to where I could find a
site or book on various styles of wooden garage doors, I would appreciate
it.
Many thanks,
Brian.
Beside the fact that vertical garage door hardware is -safer-
than most of the tools we use, and that the OP wanted a hinged
vs. rollup/lifting door style, it's awfully early for Leon to
have been drinking that heavily...
Must be the Mothers Day blues.
On Sat, 08 May 2004 13:49:00 GMT, "<<<__ Bob __>>>"
<[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:
>What dangers are involved in hanging a couple of hinged,
>"French-style" doors ?? ?? ??
>
>
>On Sat, 08 May 2004 13:06:04 GMT, "Leon"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>This question comes up occasionally and 95% of the time it is advised to
>>have a pro do the work. The doors can usually be bought and installed
>>cheaper than you can buy the materials and most are dangerous to install and
>>adjust. This repair is not one that you need to pinch pennies on.
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On Sat, 08 May 2004 13:06:04 GMT, "Leon"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>This question comes up occasionally and 95% of the time it is advised to
>have a pro do the work. The doors can usually be bought and installed
>cheaper than you can buy the materials and most are dangerous to install and
>adjust. This repair is not one that you need to pinch pennies on.
>
>
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I do not see how the installation and adjustments needed would be at
all dangerous...(not an overhead door)...
BUT I do agree that buying a pre manufactured door most likely would
be cheaper (much cheaper) then buying the material and making one
yourself...
Bob Griffiths
i see people dancing around the subject, but ill say it straight out. go
buy a door. you dont have the tools to do it, or the experience.
if you must, your best bet would be to fix the old doors up.
randy
"BW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi all,
>
> first time here, so I hope you can help! I have bought a house and as
seems
> to be normal, have run out of money before finishing all the work that
needs
> to be done. I need to replace an old 1930's wooden garage door and have
> decided to try to make one myself! Minimal experience, but very keen to
> give it a go.
> What I am hoping someone can help me with is to try to find a simple plan
> for making a wooden door. It is the style that opens in the middle
> outwards. About 2/5 of the door at the top is taken up by 6 small panes
of
> glass and the bottom 3/5 looks like it was made of wood panelling. I
would
> like to replicate the same style of door, or at least similar.
> If anyone could point me in the right direction as to where I could find a
> site or book on various styles of wooden garage doors, I would appreciate
> it.
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
> Brian.
>
>
"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Beside the fact that vertical garage door hardware is -safer-
> than most of the tools we use, and that the OP wanted a hinged
> vs. rollup/lifting door style, it's awfully early for Leon to
> have been drinking that heavily...
>
> Must be the Mothers Day blues.
LOL... I bet that single door weighs quite a bit..
BW wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> first time here, so I hope you can help! I have bought a house and
> as seems to be normal, have run out of money before finishing all the
> work that needs to be done. I need to replace an old 1930's wooden
> garage door and have decided to try to make one myself! Minimal
> experience, but very keen to give it a go.
> What I am hoping someone can help me with is to try to find a simple
> plan for making a wooden door. It is the style that opens in the
> middle outwards. About 2/5 of the door at the top is taken up by 6
> small panes of glass and the bottom 3/5 looks like it was made of
> wood panelling. I would like to replicate the same style of door, or
> at least similar.
> If anyone could point me in the right direction as to where I could
> find a site or book on various styles of wooden garage doors, I would
> appreciate it.
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
> Brian.
Brian:
How about some more information? Are your doors curved at the top, or
simple rectangles? When you say wood panelling, do you mean that there are
vertical "seams" in the surface? Perhaps similar to what T-111 looks like?
How about a picture? Do you have the ability to post a pic on
alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking? If so, post it under an obvious subject
line and advise this group that you posted it in the binaries group. That
might help generate some ideas for you.
I can think of several things I'd consider doing in building a garage door
like yours. Some of them require some fairly special purpose tools, some
require some developed skills and techniques, but none of them are beyond
reasonable finances or typical ability to learn. As one other poster
pointed out, the jointery you select will probably be the biggest skills
challenge to your project. There's enough options in joinery that even the
most basic skills should be able to master it with a little patience.
Also - let us know what part of the country you live in. Materials
selection is affected by your local weather.
Finally, here's one site that I came across doing a simple search for wooden
garage doors. Not completely what you're looking for but it might start
some ideas working...
http://www.mikehowardgaragedoors.com/tips.html
This site just has some design ideas...
http://www.designerdoors.com/Studio/comm/gallery1.htm
Do some more web searching for design ideas and then post some more
questions.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
BW wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> first time here, so I hope you can help! I have bought a house and as
> seems to be normal, have run out of money before finishing all the work
> that needs
> to be done. I need to replace an old 1930's wooden garage door and have
> decided to try to make one myself! Minimal experience, but very keen to
> give it a go.
> What I am hoping someone can help me with is to try to find a simple plan
> for making a wooden door. It is the style that opens in the middle
> outwards. About 2/5 of the door at the top is taken up by 6 small panes
> of
> glass and the bottom 3/5 looks like it was made of wood panelling. I
> would like to replicate the same style of door, or at least similar.
> If anyone could point me in the right direction as to where I could find a
> site or book on various styles of wooden garage doors, I would appreciate
> it.
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
> Brian.
Not the easiest first project. First you need to research the material.
Decide on a wood that will hold up to rain, snow, freezing, etc, and is
strong yet light. Next step is to decide how to build it, simple frame
with thin skin on one or two sites, or complex panels in slots. Decide on
the proper joints to stay together through all the openings and closings,
wind and such. Then make the strength of the hinges and mounts for the
counterweight springs strong enough to hold. I'm not saying it can't be
done but you may be able to find a premade door already the right
size/style and just rehang it yourself. It took me a Sat afternoon to go
buy a door, remove the old one, install the new one, replace all the trim
and frame around it and install the opener. Wasn't real difficult but I am
pretty handy, a first timer it might take a bit more time.
What dangers are involved in hanging a couple of hinged,
"French-style" doors ?? ?? ??
On Sat, 08 May 2004 13:06:04 GMT, "Leon"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>This question comes up occasionally and 95% of the time it is advised to
>have a pro do the work. The doors can usually be bought and installed
>cheaper than you can buy the materials and most are dangerous to install and
>adjust. This repair is not one that you need to pinch pennies on.
>
>