Measure the width and height of the door opening.
How to make your own wooden garage doors.
Divide the height evenly by three.
We ll make a 12 foot 3 7 meter wide and 9 foot 2 7 meter high door.
Make three panels each measuring the width of the door by the height obtained in step 2.
Add latches and treat your wood with a weather resistant sealant.
Each of our panels will be 12.
Three simple steps to build swing out garage doors.
Mark on the tape provided the perfect radius.
On this set of doors it worked out to about 3 8 inch gaps so i didn t even have to rip any planks.
The most efficient way to design it is by drawings.
Hook on your tape measure hold your pencil at the desired radius and swing an arch across the top rail.
Starting with the top of each board use some scrap as a spacer to get your gap consistent and pop in one nail on the outboard side of the plank.
In this case the 10 ft.
Make your own carriage garage doors by drawing a sketch to resemble the look you are going for and cutting wood to the size and shape with a saw.
It is okay with rough sketches because the key is to make it all clear in your mind to get easier work while installing it.
Then move to the bottom with your spacer and drive in two more.
Cut the arch with a jigsaw.
Here s what to do.
Saw the boards to length.