Workshop Doors

[Uzzy]

I have at present an up and over garage door on the workshop/garage, does anyone have any idea were I could get some plans to make my own wooden doors, as I could certainly use the head room that the door takes up and with the present door I can only light half the workshop. Or has anyone got any ideas about sealing the door I have and cutting a small door in it?

[ron]

You don't really need a plan, if the up and over door is mounted on a heavy frame use that to hinge the doors on, if not you need to fit a frame of say 3"x3" timber. Make the doors from 3/4" thick T&G flooring which is available from any builders merchant and fit three cross braces to each door and diagonal braces of the same stuff from the top centre to the bottom outside to stop the doors sagging. Use heavy galvy hook and eye hinges and if you make them in the winter make them a neat fit and if it's the summer a slack fit to allow for expansion due to humidity.
Ron

[jgb7573]

I decided I didn't like the up and over door in my garage/workshop about three years ago, chiefly because it didn't keep the rain out very well. Or rather, the rain came in underneath it. When thinking how best to fix this, I decided that I didn't really need a door that big. So I took out the up and over, and its frame, bricked up the entrance, leaving a gap for a standard 6' 6" by 2' 6" door in the middle. Made it very snug (especially after I'd dry lined the walls, installed a ceiling and insulation, and made a floor of expanded polystyrene and chipboard). The extra space either side of the new door came in handy. If I were to do this again, I might have the door to one side, rather than in the middle. But otherwise I'm very pleased with it.

Mind you, my daughter is none too impressed as she thinks it'll make the house difficult to sell when I die. Not my problem!