JHZR2
Staff member
One of my other garage buildings has two 8’w by 9’h overhead garage doors. Big, wooden doors, with a heavy steel track. Not sure if they are original 1920s, but they look to me to be pre-War.
Overall they’re in good shape, especially above the first row, and I like their look. The bottom most wood has spent too much time on the concrete, and has some cracking and rotting. The panels have some damage. So I started to dive in, and the next thing I know, I have the bottom row removed and pulled apart. It was nice dowel construction, but not much was holding it, since some of the center vertical sections had cracked and broken.
So I’d like to build the bottom most row. First issue is that it is 1 5/8” thick, so thicker than modern dimensional lumber.
Im thinking that if I just cut and rout the panels so that they all sit flush with the door exterior, nobody is going to miss the fraction of an inch at the rear. So long as the hinges are shimmed properly, it should be ok, no?
I don’t have a rail and stiles router bit. I’m thinking that maybe I can do it an easier. If I cut a groove for the panels to slide in to, and make the frame out of 2x4 and 2x6 lumber (this is viable per my measurements), then I can just make it a bit longer then necessary, and rout a profile into the edge of the “frame” I made. This would possibly safe the hassle of rails and stiles and interlocking wood pieces. Does this. Make sense?
pictures coming….
Overall they’re in good shape, especially above the first row, and I like their look. The bottom most wood has spent too much time on the concrete, and has some cracking and rotting. The panels have some damage. So I started to dive in, and the next thing I know, I have the bottom row removed and pulled apart. It was nice dowel construction, but not much was holding it, since some of the center vertical sections had cracked and broken.
So I’d like to build the bottom most row. First issue is that it is 1 5/8” thick, so thicker than modern dimensional lumber.
Im thinking that if I just cut and rout the panels so that they all sit flush with the door exterior, nobody is going to miss the fraction of an inch at the rear. So long as the hinges are shimmed properly, it should be ok, no?
I don’t have a rail and stiles router bit. I’m thinking that maybe I can do it an easier. If I cut a groove for the panels to slide in to, and make the frame out of 2x4 and 2x6 lumber (this is viable per my measurements), then I can just make it a bit longer then necessary, and rout a profile into the edge of the “frame” I made. This would possibly safe the hassle of rails and stiles and interlocking wood pieces. Does this. Make sense?
pictures coming….