Making doors
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Make your own handcrafted doors and windows by John Birchard
This is a complete guide to building doors and windows that are durable,good looking and energy efficient,from the expert to the unskilled or inexperienced amateur will find this book easy to study and work from.as simplified techniques,design tips,and guidlines to technical and structual requirements that can be found in this book. Easy to follow directions to explain every step in building all types/styles of door and window.Tips on on repairing existing doors and windows,and materials, a very informative reference book
illustrations and black and white photographs through- out,also some colour photographs.
288 pages, (taken from Description of book)
Not a bad book,
Keep an eye on Ebay.
HTH
Gary.
Make your own handcrafted doors and windows by John Birchard
This is a complete guide to building doors and windows that are durable,good looking and energy efficient,from the expert to the unskilled or inexperienced amateur will find this book easy to study and work from.as simplified techniques,design tips,and guidlines to technical and structual requirements that can be found in this book. Easy to follow directions to explain every step in building all types/styles of door and window.Tips on on repairing existing doors and windows,and materials, a very informative reference book
illustrations and black and white photographs through- out,also some colour photographs.
288 pages, (taken from Description of book)
Not a bad book,
Keep an eye on Ebay.
HTH
Gary.
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deanflyer":1rb4moah said:
you can in theory mate - but that doesnt mean its a good idea.
my idiot (now thankfully ex) colleague made an external door for our workshop at work by buying a sheet of 13mm mdf and jigsawing it to size before screwing on a couple of hinges and painting the whole thing with hamerite. - "suprisingly" it didnt stand up to the elements very well :roll: and i eventually put my boot through it while kicking it open (being a double blackbelt has its disadvantages)
our current workshop door is made out of T&G recovered floorboard - and varnished - its the one i bodged up after the boot through the door incident. I am looking at making a better one (it has to be made as the workshop has subsidence and subsequently the doorway isnt square) and may well invest in that book for inspiration and advice
