Hi all some thoughts please i want to make some new garage doors my neighbour is making some from 25mm 20mm finished thick tongue groove he is putting his timber horizon tal groove down tongue up every door i see is made with t g vertical his does look different but will it work.
Making wooden garage doors.
To build a door for a shed start by cutting a piece of wood paneling or ti 11 siding to the size of the door opening minus 1 2 inch on each side.
Cut two pieces of 1 by 2 inch wood studs to the width of the door less 2 inches 5 centimeters.
I did find one video on you tube of a wooden roll up garage door project but it is a little crude and the last video of the series seems to be missing.
Even so the posts were only like five bucks apiece so you could use them to help plumb in a not so vertical opening or for just.
Next cut boards to frame the top bottom and sides of your door then glue them in place using wood glue.
If you have wood or metal covered wood around your garage door opening then you could optionally skip ahead to actually building the door.
Building your own exterior doors can be more time consuming and expensive than buying ready made.
A beautiful exterior wooden door can be built from standard 2 by 6 and 2 by 4 lumber and 1 2 inch plywood.
Brush a clear coat of polyurethane sealant or wood varnish onto each of the door s surface including the outer edges.
Each of our panels will be 12 feet by 3 feet 3 7 meters by 9 meters.
Make three panels each measuring the width of the door by the height obtained in step 2.
My first problem was that i could probably build doors just fine but there is brick on both sides of my garage door opening.
Hi dave i am also thinking of replacing my current wooden garage doors and there still is not a lot of information available online.
Otherwise using rails will give sturdier garage doors and excellent durability because the doors will be opened by following the trails only.
However odd sized doors are typically a special order item that can cost much more and take additional time.
The last step of making a swing out garage doors is installing the door opener.
I worked on this project for some days i show you how i did all the process.