Is it possible to dissemble and rebuild a door?
 

Hello all,

I have this solid old oak door that I got from a friend a few years ago.
When I put it in, it was badly warped, so I clamped it under tension for
about two weeks, which seemed to solve the problem at the time. Now the door
has started sagging and the bottom edge furthest away from the hinges rubs
against the floor. More importantly, it's starting to drive the wife mad,
and she wants to throw the door onto the skip outside our front door, which
is a shame because it is a nice door.

Is it possible that the glued joints were weakened by the clamping, which is
causing the door to sag under its own weight? If so, is there any way to
dissemble it so that I can reglue it together again?

Many thanks,

Paul
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paulDOTmoore@pandoraDOTbe

Sounds like taking apart and regluing might work

However, if its a mortise and tenon door then watch out for dowels/star
dowels used to reinforce the M/T joints. If they are there then they would
need removing before trying to knock the joint apart. Check for wedges on
the joints too. You might be able to get the wedges out so freeing up the
M/T joints. Reverse clamping might be the way to see if you can get it to
it's constituent parts. Less likely to cause damage than a hammer and
block....

Hard to say without seeing it....try not to throw away an old solid oak door
though...

Cheers

Nicholas


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Nicholas Buttle - Quality Joinery and Cabinet Making
http://www.nbjoinery.net


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"Paul Moore" wrote in message
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Hello all,

I have this solid old oak door that I got from a friend a few years ago.
When I put it in, it was badly warped, so I clamped it under tension for
about two weeks, which seemed to solve the problem at the time. Now the
door has started sagging and the bottom edge furthest away from the hinges
rubs against the floor. More importantly, it's starting to drive the wife
mad, and she wants to throw the door onto the skip outside our front door,
which is a shame because it is a nice door.

Is it possible that the glued joints were weakened by the clamping, which
is causing the door to sag under its own weight? If so, is there any way
to dissemble it so that I can reglue it together again?

Many thanks,

Paul
--
paulDOTmoore@pandoraDOTbe

"Paul Moore" wrote in message ...
Hello all,

I have this solid old oak

that's your problem!

Native oak is renowned for going its own way even centuries after
being turned into timber. Call it the patina of age and enjoy!

No doubt someone will claim that it is an imported oak species and not
our native, even so oak is oak.

Sheer and utter vandalism to chuck good oak onto the scrapheap. Can
you bend the doorpost to fit?