DigitalM
Established Member
I need to knock up some workshop doors super-cheap as the old ones are really suffering now.
I did a quick sketchup design thinking I'd just mortice and tenon a frame together, rebate some ply panels into the outside then clad over with some treated T&G that I already have for when we reclad the outside of the workshop (10mm thick treated T&G for vertical cladding, a slightly slimmer profile than the workshop cladding but the same timber).
I then went to price it up and any hardwood whatsoever is going to be £250+ (Douglas Fir, iroko) as the main framework is 100mm x 50mm or thereabouts and needs 8 x 2.4m
That's way more than my brother-in-law wants to spend (it's his building on his land! I get shared use though).
I could just use cheap carcassing material then treat it with something perhaps. Would that be suitable for humble shed/workshop doors you think? All advice welcomed, I'm not pretending I've ever made any doors before!
I did a quick sketchup design thinking I'd just mortice and tenon a frame together, rebate some ply panels into the outside then clad over with some treated T&G that I already have for when we reclad the outside of the workshop (10mm thick treated T&G for vertical cladding, a slightly slimmer profile than the workshop cladding but the same timber).
I then went to price it up and any hardwood whatsoever is going to be £250+ (Douglas Fir, iroko) as the main framework is 100mm x 50mm or thereabouts and needs 8 x 2.4m
That's way more than my brother-in-law wants to spend (it's his building on his land! I get shared use though).
I could just use cheap carcassing material then treat it with something perhaps. Would that be suitable for humble shed/workshop doors you think? All advice welcomed, I'm not pretending I've ever made any doors before!
