s--p--o--n--i--x wrote:
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:06:44 +0100, AlexW
wrote:


Has anyone got any clever ideas for cutting the wood without removing
the metal?

Not sure if this is useful in your situation...

If you can find a straight path with no screws on the line you want to
cut you might be able to take the door off the hinges and use a cicular
saw (blade at 90deg & depth carfully set an mm or two above the metal!)
with a sawboard as a guide (see http://tinyurl.com/5zys3) then finish
the rest with a floorboard saw or similar.


The garage door is similar to the up-and-over one he

http://repairshandbook.oxford.gov.uk...oorsframes.gif

The only difference is that I have springs where the picture shows
counterweights.

Screwed to the back of the wooden frame (As viewed from the outside)
are metal supports for the door itself. These go right down to the
floor and also act as a "stop" to prevent the door swinging inwards
past the closed position.

This makes it very difficult to remove the bottom few inches of the
frame, which has rotted.

s

I assume that you mean that the frame goes around the timber as shown in
the section below (looking top down, timber = #, metal = +).

++++ +++++
+################################################# #####+
++++ +++++

Or just up the sides?

+################################################# #####+
++++ +++++

If they are on the back only I am not sure why you cannot cut from the
front as described earlier and unscrew the screws that need taking out?
The idea being that you use the height setting of the circ. saw to avoid
hitting the metat supports. See poorly drawn illustration below.

=============
==========
=============
#############| |#################
#############\ /#################
###############-----###################
#######################################
++++ ++++

The saw board (which you need to knock up) is clamped to the face of the
door and provides an accurate guide for cutting. The door itself would
need to be taken off or secured into a suitable safe working position.

Maybe I have the wrong end of the stick?

Alex