"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
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mo wrote:
Hi
I need to buy some materials to make a 'full size' door for my new
garden gate.

Assume you mean new garden shed, not 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?

F/E is available treated to resist rot. I make a lot of garden gates out
of F/E. Ledges & braces can be 100 x 19 treated or 150mm gravel boards.


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....hed-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??

Measure the width of the opening & deduct around 10mm for clearance. Cut
3 horizontal ledges this size & lay them out on a flat surface in the
position you want them.

Take 1 piece of F/E slightly longer than the finished height & screw it to
the ledges using a square to ensure all is at right angles, 2 screws in
each ledge.

Loose lay the rest of the F/E across the ledges & adjust until you have a
roughly even overlap. Now make a 'spacer' to this gap size. Use this to
keep the overlap even. Screw boards to ledges so the last board overlaps
the length of the ledges slightly.

Turn the whole lot over. Lay out 2 pieces in position for the braces,
mark where they meet the ledges, join the lines & cut the angle carefully.
Screw in from other side.

Trim top, bottom & edge to final size with circular saw.


One this no-one's mentioned is that the braces need to "point" the right
way, with the base near the hinge and the top on the latch side. For a
really quality job notch the ledge a little (say 10mm) where the brace will
meet it so the end of the brace sits in the notch.