One of the many things I did not get to before we moved in was build the doors. So, since March of last year (2012) we have had a sheet of 1/2" OSB as a door. With the weather getting colder now we have decided that a door would be nice to have (less drafty). I considered buying a door, but I really wanted to build one.
The house is sided with rough sawn cedar and the inside will be pine, and I would like the door to match both.
Another plus to building a door is that if something goes wrong with it, I can fix it.
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| I had to start by finishing the rough opening. Agian, I wanted cedar on the outside and pine on the inside. |
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I had a problem with nails backing out of the cedar siding, so now I use stainless steel trim screws to hold the siding on.
I used these screws to build the door as well. |
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| This is the finished opening. It is hard to tell but the inside is pine and from the door stop out is rough sawn cedar. |
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| I hung plastic over the door to try and keep some heat in. I could have done this in the summer, but the would have made to much sence. |
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| Prepairing the windows for stain and varnish. |
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| I applied the stain with a cloth. I go over all the surfaces twice. Then leave the stain set for a few minutes. Next, I whipe off any extra stain. Once the stain has dried I apply a coat of varnish, then let it dry. I then sand the first coat and apply a final coat of varnish. |
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| The core for the door is a piece of 1/2" plywood. |
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| I then added rough sawn tongue and groove cedar to the outside of the door. |
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| The cedar is glued and screwed to the plywood core. The glue is weather proof. |
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| On the inside I used tongue and groove pine. Agian, I glued them. |
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| This is the outside of the door. I wanted to use galvanized pipe for door handles, but I could not make it work how I wanted. |
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| This is the inside. |
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| The door is hung. |
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| This is how you would see it when comming to visit. |
