First Picture - Finished and stained Garage Door and Wood trim on the side of the window
Second Picture - Almost Finished Garage Door
Third Picture - John cutting wood
Fourth Picture - The back side of the garage door showing the screws that hold the wood on
Fifth Picture - The scrapes of the picket fence pieces
Sixth Picture - BEFORE
Seventh Picture - BEFORE
Instructions
- If I remember right the panels are 21inches wide, so I set a block on my mitre saw so I didn't have to re-measure, and started cutting. Sure takes an awful lot of those suckers.
- Then I took the door apart, one section at a time,and started screwing the boards to the panels from the backside of the aluminum doors. (using 7 X 7/16" 1.111 cm Sharp Pan Head screws)
- Re-assemble the doors, after all of the panels were covered, and adjust the tracks so that it will fit, as the door is a little thicker now.
- I had to remove the locking hardware, so you can't really lock the door from the outside anymore, but in all the years we've lived here, I had never done that anyway. Not sure where the key is if I wanted to.
- It definitely takes 2 people to get everything lined up and in place, cause the sections are much heavier after the wood is on. It's cedar, so it isn't really heavy as far as wood goes, but it is much heavier than the plain aluminum doors.
- You have to cover the cracks where the sections of the door bend. Be sure to attach the board you use to the bottom ONLY. If you attach to both sections, something has to give...
- Then I adjusted the spring for the weight. Be careful with that. I've heard several bad stories about people getting hurt.
- We had 2 old cheap garage door openers, and one of them was strong enough to open the door afterwards, the other wasn't. I plan on replacing it, eventually, but so far, I just help it when I need it open. sigh... another project.
The wood is just cedar fenceing - cheap - about a $1.50 a 6ft by 4 inch board.
Thanks for viewing and good luck with your project... God bless your family. :)
I saw your post on RMS and having showed the garage door to my hubby we had to come over and check it out. It really looks great.
ReplyDeleteI am Beddow on RMS by the way. I hope you will share more on RMS, I know there are a lot of meanies but you have to just ignore them and know there are a lot of great people on there.
ReplyDeleteOh thanks Betty you made my day! - I am encouarged to share more because I get to talk to cool people like you! :) God bless you and your family
ReplyDeleteWow! You're so patient! Just the thought of putting all those pieces of wood together makes me sleepy and hungry! Haha! But, it came out beautifully! It matches your brick walls and it made your house prettier than before! Great idea on making this cheap makeover to your garage doors! :)
ReplyDeleteSharron Folkes