Shed Doors

[Leo G]

Made these shed door overlays out of Spanish Cedar. I made them like I would make a FF. Using pocket screws, because it is only an overlay, so no structural qualities needed. I routed out the backside and squared up the corners with a chisel. I made the beaded slats out of 3/8" thick Sp Cdr and did them in a tongue and groove fashion. Cheater T&G, I made slots on both sides and then glued the spline into the bead side.



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[Leo G]

Here they are on the shed. The original doors were a 2x4 frame with a plywood face. Then they just applied 3 1/2" trim around the perimeter and a horizontal divider. I ripped them off with a flat bar. The original frame was rubbing on the deck so I trimmed it 1/4" and the right door, which is the free door, needed to have the 2x4 vertical stud cut so there was an angle on it so the doors wouldn't rub when they were opened or closed. The overlays are just screwed on from the rear. The doors will be stained a dark brown.



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[Silvertree]

I like it Leo.

Splines huh? never would have guessed.

Nice job, don't worry about thanking me, I'm happy to support a fellow Nutmeg Stater.

[Bodger]

Cool trick with the spline.

[neolitic]

How much do you think it saved
doing the skins as opposed to
making new doors?
Not asking for your numbers,
more like a percentage comparison.

[Leo G]

The doors would have cost at least 4 times as much. Materials would have had to be at least 7/4 instead of 4/4 and I would have had to do real joinery instead of the pocket screws. Then all of the time to mortise the hinges and hang the door.

Probably about $1400/ea