Oak front door ...

[gidon]

Well it only took a year (well a baby did get in the way to be fair to me!) but here's my Oak front door with a few coats of Danish oil:





Full progress shots here:
http://www.tregarras.com/photos/v/woodw ... front_door

I enjoyed making it but don't think I'd ever do it again - unless I had a workshop at least twice the size! Total costs with glass and hardware under £150 - considering I got quoted over £200 just to hang the door I don't think that's too bad!

What I found most tricky was doing everything on a larger scale - my usual methods for cutting tenons for instance were a little stretched! Not to mention dimensioning 6' length of 2" thick Oak! And as I think Aragorn warned me about over a year ago - it's not easy keeping those stiles true over that length with a 1m long planer / thicknesser.

All comments welcome.

Cheers

Gidon

 

[LyNx]

Top marks =D>

Andy

 

[Newbie_Neil]

Well done Gidon, an excellent job.

Cheers
Neil

 

[Alf]

Proper job, Gidon. =D> And in the words of John Mills in Ice Cold in Alex, "worth waiting for".

Cheers, Alf

 

[Chris Knight]

Gidon,
Well done, that is a fine looking door.

 

[Paul Chapman]

A nice job, Gidon =D>

Paul

 

[judder]

Well done - that looks great !

 

[Scott]

Very nice door Gidon!

What glue did you use?

Cheers

 

[gidon]

Thanks for the comments folks - very kind.
Scott - I used Titebond III. Doesn't really need to be waterproof since it is in a small open porch but still ...
Cheers
Gidon

 

[Waka]

Gidon

Supurb looking door, you must be proud of it.

 

[gwaithcoed]

Excellent looking door Gidon, you must be very proud of it.

Alan.

 

[Matt1245]

That looks great Gidon, fantastic work.

Matt.

 

[simuk]

Gidon ,
thats a fine looking door. I have just started an internal door & i no exactly what you are talking about when it comes to keeping the stiles true. For your bottom rail what formula did you use to get the tenon & haunch sizes. You have no weatherboard on door, is that because you have a stormproof threshold? What glass did you use?

Simon

 

[Philly]

Gidon
Very nice, the Missus must be happy! =D>
What next, a solid oak conservatory? :wink:
Keep up the good work,
Philly

 

[dedee]

Gidon,
very nice. A whole year in the making. A bet there was a sense of relief as well as satisfaction not it is finished.

Andy

 

[Mcluma]

Gidon,

Nice Job,

And a top savings too.

McLuma

 

[gidon]

Thanks very much all.
Andy yes relief definately - it really hung over me for some reason especially the hanging of the door - which actually wasn't too bad after all!
Philly - missus was very happy - I missed the Christmas deadline but still . Next - looong overdue coffee table - in the design stage .
Simon - no formula I don't think - hard to remember now. I think I looked at other doors - it seems fairly standard. No weather board - although it's not fitted yet (I need to redo the sill), I'll fit some of the weatherseal to the bottom raised lip too. The weather seal stuffI used is superb - makes the door very water and air tight. And gives it a nice soft close too. I did plan to do all the internal doors too - but no chance of that now! Good luck with yours - would be interested to see how you get on.
Cheers
Gidon

 

[LyNx]

Nice idea with the glass. I'm looking at this at the moment. What size glazed units did you opt for?

Andy

 

[ProShop]

Nice looking door & nice touch with the glass Gidon.

Just out of curiosity I did notice there was no haunches on the tennons though?? and no wedges ??.

 

[gidon]

Andy - the glass units were custom made and around 1.3m x 0.3m each. I had a lot of difficulty indentifying the glass we were after. We knew we wanted it frosty looking - but didn't want obscure glass - we wanted it smooth. There were a few options in the end - and we went for sandblasted (one sheet sandblasted on the inside). Cost twice as much I think but still not too bad - £50 for the two panels.
Simon - just noticed I missed the question on the glass - so as above double glazed and toughend units.
Thanks FD - I wondered if someone would pick up the lack of wedges . I did intend to - but decided against it at the last minute - it's not directly in contact with the elements and I trust the glue ! With regard to the haunches - read in Joyce's book that nowadays people tend to leave them off so did!
Cheers
Gidon