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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I've finally tried out Sketchup. My results aren't great, but I managed to measure out and draw our garage, aka my workshop.
With the new shed complete, I'm going to be able to move much of the seasonal stuff out to the shed, giving me more room in the garage.

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Behind where the figure is standing, is essentially a 10×10 corner that I'd like to close off as a room. This would provide storage away from the dust. (No, I don't get to keep it as a finishing room unfortunately.) To the left of the figure is an exterior door. To the far right of the figure is the door leading into the house.
I'm reasonably comfortable framing the 10 ft high wall, but not sure what to do about a door. A ping pong table will be stored in there, so it needs to be able to roll out the door easily. My first thought is just an interior door with some weather stripping on the bottom, but I'm looking for suggestions.

The miter station is just imaginary at this point.

Whady'all think?

Thanks
 

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#4 ·
I think your headed in the right direction.

There won't be much air movement, in/out of the storage room, so dust should not be a problem.

I asked elsewhere, but I'll ask again….
Did you trade your Rikon BS for a Grizzly??? ;^)
 
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I had a size issue when I built my building to put the hot tub in. Standard doors are 6'6" and that was the exact size the tub was sitting on the ground on its end. To get around this I built my own door at 7'. Some basic framework and 1/4 plywood was all I used. Below is a pic I have of the door. Hope this helps.

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#9 ·
Maybe you could go to someplace that sells "salvaged" building materials and find a nice exterior door with a nice big window in it. It would be decorative and if you wanted you could hang a lace curtain on the inside to dress it up.

 
#11 ·
Don't know if there is a Lowes or Home Depot in Canada, I got a 36 inch wide interior door with a jamb unfinished pine pretty cheap. I'd look at a recycled door next. And third with all your new knowledge you could make a door?

I also purchased some recycled doors from the Habitat for Humanity Re Use stor to make a split door for another opening that needed to not block much of anything.

A progressive sketchup! Looks like a woman in the shop! LOL!
 
#15 · (Edited by Moderator)
How about a curtain wall/door like some stores have at the entrance. Some butcher shops also have them to separate the cold area from the sales floor. Easy to get in and out and. seemingly, a dust barrier.
But, a 36" prehung, hollow core door would probably be less expensive and easier to install…I'm guessing.
 
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I was looking at storm doors at Lowes yesterday. They are just less than 36" wide, have both glass and screen. They started @ $130 US and went up from there. Add a window to the wall and it becomes more multi use for the future. The sliding window is what I done for our 10×10 paint room and am so glad that I added it in the begining. Now all I have to do is convince Candy to build cabinetry for it. An old interior door laid upon milk crates was her temporary answer to a work table. ( well over a year ago) A small electric space heater keeps it above freezing in the winter.
 
#20 · (Edited by Moderator)
One thing you see quite a bit around where I live is older buildings, 19th and 18th centuries, with a door plus a narrower door, with the narrower door staying always shut until it's needed to get larger items in and out.

There must be a name for this type of door, but I don't know what it is. It is practical and less expensive than either one big door or a standard double door (double door wouldn't fit anyway in the entranceways you find this setup).

The narrower door doesn't have a handle on the outside, just some latching mechanism on the inside (usually vertical, into sill and lintel above) and could also be thought of as a hinged section of wall or large door frame.

edited, might as well use the correct terminology.
 
#21 ·
I'm thinking a 36" door with a good sweep on the bottom and a seal all around it on the shop side. Dust has a way of migrating everywhere especially right next to the shop. That room will give you lots of wall space for shelves to keep stuff stored out of the shop and not getting dusty like all of my stuff does!

I look forward to seen that nest competed project! Go for it girl!!

Cheers, Jim
 
#23 ·
MAKE a door. Not too hard, and you can custom size it to what ever width you want. Even the frame for the door can be made. BTDT

Seems there IS a blog about building a door..
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Mine was 3/4 Menards Pine. They also sell 5/4 pine. Top half can be a window, or just panel it up, too.
 

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#24 ·
many older cathedrals and forts/estates
had the big doors
some double
for processions or carriages
the smaller door for normal use
was called a judas gate
 
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