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Default Making a door for my garden gate

On Apr 21, 12:39*am, mo wrote:
Hi
I need to buy some materials to make a 'full size' door for my new garden
gate.

The fixed parts of the gate are featheredge.

Now for the door I could make my Z frame and then have featheredge on the
other side to match the rest of the gate or I could just use plane
rectangular strips. Any reason to choose oen over the other?

Obviously I want the door to be fairly light to put less strain on the
frame.

Which material is the best? I will be painting it brown with fence panel
paint stuff to match my fence panels.

Also, when I make my Z frame how do I get it to stay together BEFORE I put
the 'covering' on?

i.e if you look here, this is similar to what i might do -http://www.secrets-of-shed-building.com/images/storage-shed-door-5.jpg

https://www.nextdaydiy.com/doors-win...s-19805/gates-
19819/external-knotty-ledged-braced-4554-1223_zoom.jpg

Would you make the frame first then put the rest of the door on or do it
all as you go? Is it glue initally holding the frame together, i don't see
any screws apart from those going into the main part of the door??


I would use tongue and groove floor boarding to make the gate. I would
assemble the boards and then screw them to the Z frame. The tongue and
groove should be stiff enough to hold it together on the ground while
you do that. It would be very hard to do this with featheredge boards.

Jonathan