Making Interior Panel Doors

There s a lot of lumber and a lot of weight plus they re bigger.

Making interior panel doors.

Doors should generally be around 1 8 to 3 16 smaller than the frame. Interior doors are varied. In this article we ll be building the frame for an interior door from wood. Using the straightforward process detailed here you can crank out great looking doors for many applications including furniture cabinets and built ins.

Some are paneled with solid wood. It was simple enough to do to the rest of the doors in the house. Unfortunately when you order short doors the factory just cuts the bottom off leaving a d. If you also need to build or install a frame you will need to take the width of the frame into consideration and because shimming a door frame can add some thickness it is best to wait until after the door frame is installed before building the door or build them.

Hardwoods such as oak are very resistant to denting. Frames use 3 4 thick stock with 1 4 panels in various materials and veneers a general purpose saw blade will do the job although. Solid wood has good strength and insulating properties. Frame and panel doors add class to any project but they don t have to add a lot of assembly time.

Full size home doors are a project we can all find a place for but they can be intimidating. I needed custom doors for my basement because of the low ceilings. Softwoods such as pine are more easily dented but are still quite durable. And i loved the results.

Solid wood has good strength and insulating properties. How to build a door. I briefly considered making them all stained wood but that requires veneer which is quite costly so i decided to go with paint instead. Almost anyone with a bit of woodworking.

Some are hollow and simple. In part two we ll build the interior panel and and finish it.