Building A Screen Door Wood

Our door was 35 1 4 x 80 3 4 which is pretty standard.

Building a screen door wood.

My diy screen door will be 80 x 36. For a final touch i also attached a latch to be able to keep the screen door open if needed. Mortised and tenoned rails and stiles screen frame inserts and trim and decorative brackets. The diy screen door only took a few hours to complete although i had to wait extra time for paint and glue to dry.

The diy screen door made from scrap wood was complete. Wood glue 3 hinges screen door latch. Build the frame for the door. It is also said to be a lot sturdier than the screen doors you can purchase at most big box stores.

Here is the finished homemade screen door for the garage. To attach the stiles and rails fit the table saw with a. This screen door can be modified to fit any size doorway you have. If you re building a door to match an existing doorway just build your door to fit that space.

My first step is to cut my stock to rough length on the miter saw. The kit contains everything you need for the door itself. We cut the 6 inch fir down to 5 1 2 inches to create the stiles vertical and top rail horizontal. 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.

Wood we got 1 1 8 10 and 2 1 6 10 biscuits for plate joiner glue screen 3 4 16 long screen moulding. Your dimensions will depend upon the dimensions of the doorway you are using the screen door in. 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. Optionally build the screens into a wood frame similar to a picture frame and install the frames inside the opening with screws.

To optimize my material i used two 10 2 6 s and one 8 2 6. This way i have plenty of room to get furniture through the doorway. 2 cut your wood pieces to length with a circular saw or miter saw. Below you can see a diagram of the door not to scale which shows where we used the various sizes of wood.

Tom silva recently taught host kevin o connor how to build a screen door from 5 4 stock that s readily available. For the bottom kick rail we cut down the 8 inch fir to 7 1 2 inches. Staple additional strips of 5 8 inch fir beside the first row sandwiching and tightening the screen between them.