Soon warm evening breezes will fill the air, crickets will chirp, and sweet-scented flowers will bloom. And that'll mean it's time to fling open the door and enjoy summer's delights. Just be sure there's a screen in place or you'll have critters under the sofa.A wooden screen door is the most elegant choice for keeping out unwelcome guests. However, lumberyards carry only a limited number of designs, and having one custom made is prohibitively expensive.
Your best bet is to buy a door kit and assemble it yourself. Millwork companies make the parts from your measurements, and have designs for every house style. You just need to provide the glue, screening, and a little time. When finished, you'll get to hear the best summer sound of all: the squeal of a hinge spring followed by the distinctive slap of a wood door hitting its stop.
Finding the best replacement vinyl window can be difficult, but at MI Windows and Doors, we aim to take the guesswork out of your window shopping experience. The 1650 double-hung window is our best-selling replacement window and is an excellent choice for any replacement window project. Slim In-Door Ice Maker. This ice maker is hidden in the door to provide more top shelf and door bin space. Four-Bottle Cantilevered Wine Rack. The adjustable rack holds up to four bottles of wine and keeps them off the shelf for more space.
Check the door's fit by dry-assembling the parts without glue. If a tenon doesn't fit its mortise, pare it down with a chisel.With the door assembled, lay out the center stile so it butts the center of the middle and bottom rails. Make two marks on either end of the stile that overlap onto the rails.
Using those marks for reference, drill two centered, ¼-inch-diameter by ⅞-inch-deep holes into both ends of the stile. Then drill corresponding holes in the two rails, making sure those holes are also centered.Take the door apart, then glue ¼-inch-diameter by 11/2-inch-long hardwood dowels into the holes in the stile and fit it together with the middle and bottom rails.Apply glue to the tenons on all the rails, then reassemble the entire frame. Screen door kitcomes in standard widths - 32, 34, and 36 inches - but custom sizes are also available2. Hingesthree spring-loaded, surface-mounted types3. Latchsetsurface-mounted type made for screen doors4. Wood shimsto hold door in the opening while installing hardware5. Exterior-grade wood glue6.
Fiberglass insect screenpiece 36 inches by 7 feet is enough for most doors7. Rubber spline8. Sandpaper120-grit to sand dowels flush; finer grits to prepare door for finishing9. 3/4-inch-long bradsfor attaching the frame molding10. Exterior-grade paint, stain and/or varnishpolyurethane or marine spar varnish.
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