Make Your Own Exterior French Doors

In this video i show you how to make simple hardwood french doors.

Make your own exterior french doors.

They are nothing more than three pieces of wood joined together at the top. By brad holden let that sunlight in enjoy the view and make a grand entrance. So sliding doors were out of the question for in here. Build your own french doors popular woodworking magazine.

And for the greatest stability a major requirement for entry doors i decided to make the stiles and rails using stave construction a building method commonly used by exterior door manufacturers rather than solid lumber. The key to this project is a new router bit set designed expressly for french doors. More than 80 of therma tru door and glass options are energy star. Buy an unfinished french door frame or two single doors with pre cut centerpieces from your local lumber store.

Measure the door frame to make sure the new doors will fit. French doors are simply doors with windows from top to bottom. A beautiful exterior wooden door can be built from standard 2 by 6 and 2 by 4 lumber and 1 2 inch plywood. If you are fitting french doors to what was an original wall or single door prepare the door frames and lintels beforehand.

Building your own exterior doors can be more time consuming and expensive than buying ready made. How to make custom door jambs. Their french door styling goes well with any home style. My solution was french doors that both opened into the bedroom instead of the closet and bathroom since they are both so small to begin with.

Measure the door frame. Buy the replacement door. Building a set of. Use this guide to learn more about installing a sliding door in your home.

Protect your home against severe storm damage with impact rated doors and glass required by building codes in some areas. Learn about impact ratings. However odd sized doors are typically a special order item that can cost much more and take additional time. But all these stupid doors take up so much space for real i hate doors when they open so i didn t want normal sized doors.

They typically have two or three hinge mortises a small hole. French doors hinged patio doors designed to open into a room or out onto a patio these doors make a dramatic statement and add great ventilation. My full build of solid panel door can be found here.