01-18-2023, 02:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-18-2023, 03:33 PM by jamesglenn.)
So I'm on this adventure of building a pool house when I have free time (it's been 1.5yrs so far) and I'm starting to build the hangar doors on the front. I've priced custom doors and all of that, but it's not happening at the quoted prices. I can basically build my own including all wiring, motors, etc. for 1/40th the cost of manufactured ones.
Doors will be where the two blue tarps are currently on the photos. The cmu columns will be stone veneer once the doors are in.
These will be just a wood frame work with plexiglass panels (maybe tempered glass) for maximum view and light into the building.
I have everything calculated like the steel angle frame, wheels, brackets, hinges, motor, cable, operator, everything; except the best wood for the doors.
Thought about aluminum, but that's a crazy price as well. I had settled on using pressure treated to use 2x's with hardwood dowels and epoxy as glue. However, the 2x's warp and twist terribly, so getting something square and true isn't likely to happen. I don't' have a jointer big enough to make this work, nor the space to joint them.
I've thought about pt plywood which I can laminate to 1.5" (3 layers 1/2") and basically create mortise and tenons with the layers. Planning to use Loctite PL Premium for the laminating and joining. This would be weather proof and paintable when finished. These large sections will experience some flex as the doors operate, but angles are set to distribute stress and operate smoothly.
I'm wondering what others have experienced with the pt plywood and PL adhesive and how it's held up in the weather. Should I use a different adhesive or an epxoy?
These doors only get wet occasionally on a driving rain but the tarps stay mostly dry year round. Wind is a bigger factor really.
I don't want to build these again for a long time.
Doors will be where the two blue tarps are currently on the photos. The cmu columns will be stone veneer once the doors are in.
These will be just a wood frame work with plexiglass panels (maybe tempered glass) for maximum view and light into the building.
I have everything calculated like the steel angle frame, wheels, brackets, hinges, motor, cable, operator, everything; except the best wood for the doors.
Thought about aluminum, but that's a crazy price as well. I had settled on using pressure treated to use 2x's with hardwood dowels and epoxy as glue. However, the 2x's warp and twist terribly, so getting something square and true isn't likely to happen. I don't' have a jointer big enough to make this work, nor the space to joint them.
I've thought about pt plywood which I can laminate to 1.5" (3 layers 1/2") and basically create mortise and tenons with the layers. Planning to use Loctite PL Premium for the laminating and joining. This would be weather proof and paintable when finished. These large sections will experience some flex as the doors operate, but angles are set to distribute stress and operate smoothly.
I'm wondering what others have experienced with the pt plywood and PL adhesive and how it's held up in the weather. Should I use a different adhesive or an epxoy?
These doors only get wet occasionally on a driving rain but the tarps stay mostly dry year round. Wind is a bigger factor really.
I don't want to build these again for a long time.