Building A Screen Door Wood

Tom silva recently taught host kevin o connor how to build a screen door from 5 4 stock that s readily available.

Building a screen door wood.

We cut the 6 inch fir down to 5 1 2 inches to create the stiles vertical and top rail horizontal. Your dimensions will depend upon the dimensions of the doorway you are using the screen door in. Make this diy screen door. Optionally build the screens into a wood frame similar to a picture frame and install the frames inside the opening with screws.

If you re building a door to match an existing doorway just build your door to fit that space. Build the frame for the door. Below you can see a diagram of the door not to scale which shows where we used the various sizes of wood. This screen door can be modified to fit any size doorway you have.

My first step is to cut my stock to rough length on the miter saw. Wood glue 3 hinges screen door latch. Install as you would a standard screen door. My diy screen door will be 80 x 36.

Mortised and tenoned rails and stiles screen frame inserts and trim and decorative brackets. It is also said to be a lot sturdier than the screen doors you can purchase at most big box stores. Wood screen door kits aren t difficult to assemble will save you a few bucks over buying a completed door and provide a very practical period complement to your home. Staple additional strips of 5 8 inch fir beside the first row sandwiching and tightening the screen between them.

Our door was 35 1 4 x 80 3 4 which is pretty standard. So if you are looking for a simple screen door that is easy to build and still looks great then you ll definitely want to check out this tutorial. For the bottom kick rail we cut down the 8 inch fir to 7 1 2 inches. Here is the finished homemade screen door for the garage.

The kit contains everything you need for the door itself. The diy screen door only took a few hours to complete although i had to wait extra time for paint and glue to dry. To attach the stiles and rails fit the table saw with a. The diy screen door made from scrap wood was complete.

For a final touch i also attached a latch to be able to keep the screen door open if needed. Wood we got 1 1 8 10 and 2 1 6 10 biscuits for plate joiner glue screen 3 4 16 long screen moulding. Thisoldhouse asktoh subscribe to this old.