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RV Garage doors
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RV Garage doorsI designed and built this garage over the past year. We had originally planned to leave the RV door section open but decided it made the whole building look unfinished. Since the opening would not work for a traditional rollup garage door I decide to design and build my own doors. Each doors is 13.5 high and 6 feet wide. The framing started out a 2×12 Southern Yellow Pine that was then ripped in half as I could not get SYP in a 2×6. SYP was then planned on both sides and jointed on each edge to square up all the corners and smooth out the lumber. Several people recommended that I use poplar but i could not find popular in 2×6 or 2×12 size in a 14” or more length. I used floating tenons made from some of 3/4 thick white oak flooring that I planned down to 1/2 thick and then rounded over all the edges with a router. The tenons were 2.25 wide and 5 inches long. Mortises were cut with a plunge router. I dry fit everything and then glued and piped clamped everything together. 4 panels of 3' x 8.75' were then glued and screwed to the back. I then ran an ogee router bit around all the inside framing edges. Two 6' foot sections of Piano style hinges were attached to each door. The hinges were made of stainless steel and had 2” flanges. Hinges were attached to the garage walls with 4 1/2 inch timberlok screws. It was a big project but they turned out pretty well. The SYP was not perfectly straight but I hid the bow behind the center overlap board.



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