How To Build A Lightweight Garage Door

We needed a replacement garage door and i perfer one that swings out so i can use.

How to build a lightweight garage door.

They are like puppies. I love to make things myself and especially saving money doing it myself. However i used 6 ft fence boards added a 1 6 to the bottom and my door is still way too short. Find me one person on this planet that doesn t love a good sliding barn door.

Three simple steps to build swing out garage doors. Divide the height evenly by three. Each of our panels will be 12. Measure the width and height of the door opening.

If you have wood or metal covered wood around your garage door opening then you could optionally skip ahead to actually building the door. The first step in making swing out garage doors is designing the door. Start with a plywood base and form two doors from the plywood. It worked when i had a 1 6 at the top also but if you look at the photo you ll see that the pulleys 3 garage door pulleys from lowe s are bolted to the fence boards not to a 1 6 that is needed at the top to make the door long enough.

Here s what to do. Make sure there aren t any obstructions like light switches sconce lights or heat registers that would be covered by or interfere with the door. Make a diy garage door out of old cabinetry with recessed panels. It is okay with rough sketches because the key is to make it all clear in your mind to get easier work while installing it.

We ll make a 12 foot 3 7 meter wide and 9 foot 2 7 meter high door. The most efficient way to design it is by drawings. My first problem was that i could probably build doors just fine but there is brick on both sides of my garage door opening. This will add architectural detail to the doors.

The sliding door in alicia s office was. Make three panels each measuring the width of the door by the height obtained in step 2. Even so the posts were only like five bucks apiece so you could use them to help plumb in a not so vertical opening or for just.