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We had some louvre doors in our bedroom, a single opening & a double opening to wardrobes, that came with the house when it was built. My wife never liked them much & called them “those dust collectors. The time came 4 or five years ago to do something about them, after all “25 years” was not too long to wait.
I went to the local door makers, all said the doubles were not standard openings & the cost of tailor made doors was ‘through the roof’.
I decided to have a crack at them myself. I had made a couple of glass paned cedar doors before but never panelled doors.
The doors are bi-fold, one single set & one double set. The panels & frames are radiata pine. Joints are biscuited (no sign of movement yet). The raised panels were first routered then attached on particle board. As the doors were painted I could get away with the cheaper materials.
They did turn out a bit heavy but that does give a more solid feel.
I think they turned out OK, certainly much cheaper than the bought ones & the Boss was happy.
P.S The door on the left in the first picture is a bought one, I made the others to match.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
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11 comments so far
mrtrim
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posted 241 days ago
looks good grumpy so your a door builder ! well done and when the boss is happy everybodys happy !
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Karson
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posted 241 days ago
Great doors Grumpy.
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
Dadoo
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posted 241 days ago
Maybe if you weren’t so “Grumpy” your wife wouldn’t paint them pink! LOL!
Nice doors Grumpy!
-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!
TomFran
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posted 241 days ago
Looks good, Grumpy! Nice work. You wife must be a pretty patient person ;^D
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
Grumpy
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posted 241 days ago
Hey Dadoo. The doors are white not pink. Probably my bad photography. Not so Grumpy really.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
Grumpy
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posted 241 days ago
Thanks for the comments guys. Yes Tom, my wife is very patient, she needs to be to be married to me.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
Greg Mitchell
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posted 241 days ago
Great job on the doors Grumpy!
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Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 241 days ago
Looks like pro work, I’d hire ya.
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cajunpen
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posted 241 days ago
Nice work Grumpy. Anything that makes the “better half” happy is a good thing. You should have wrangled a new tool out of the deal though.
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
jockmike2
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posted 239 days ago
Nice doors Grumpy, yea, you must have all the tools you need, those must be worth a new router or tablesaw. mike.
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miles125
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posted 239 days ago
Them are some good looking doors Grumpy.
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""