Wooden doors cannot be called a scarce commodity these days, it is much more difficult to find a truly high-quality product. Almost the entire range of specialized stores is constructions with a huge amount of synthetic additives. It is difficult to judge the quality, and even more so the environmental friendliness of such products. Making wooden doors is not a very simple matter. And when there is a desire and need to make a solid, reliable product with your own hands, you need to prepare a carpentry tool, suitable material, and get down to business. Let's take a closer look at several options for how to make a door from boards with your own hands.
The classification of products depends on the features of their design:
How to make a door from solid wood yourself with your own hands, and get a product good quality? First you need to make sure that you have selected good material... It is important to take into account not only the type of wood from which the sawn timber is made, but also its grade, the quality of processing and drying.
If the choice of wood depends more on financial capabilities, then you should not save on quality. Even inexpensive lumber needs to be well dried and processed. So that the entrance wooden doors do not dry out over time, do not bend and please both with a long service life and a decent appearance, when buying material, you should take into account:
The manufacturing technology of wooden doors is not so simple, and depends on the design. For example, the production of paneled doors requires good tool handling and machine tool skills. Consider several options for how to make the front door to a house, bathhouse or outbuilding.
From the array, you can assemble the entrance doors to the house, bathhouse, utility room, interior designs... For living quarters, products are carefully processed so that they have an aesthetically pleasing appearance. The simplest panel doors made of wood are a solid panel reinforced with transverse or diagonal elements. A tongue-and-groove board or ordinary (for outbuildings) is suitable for the construction. If you are going to make a wooden front door to a residential building, prepare a board 40-60 mm thick.
For home installation homemade option requires minor modifications - coatings with water-repellent compounds, fire retardants, stain, varnish. If there is a need to additionally insulate the door, the simplest and most inexpensive way is to upholster the canvas with leatherette.
It is not easy to make paneled wooden doors with your own hands, since all structural elements need complex processing on machines. The product is a frame made of timber and panels - elements that fill the free space of the frame.
For finishing use wood stain, varnish or wax, after which they install the fittings.
Panel entrance wooden door it is quite simple to assemble with your own hands. To get a good-quality product, in the process of work you need to control the corners - so that they are straight, and the sides are even. The panel door can have a solid or small-hollow door. In the first case, low grade wood is used to make a shield. For the second option, a structure is assembled from the same material, only gaps remain between the frame elements.
It is necessary to decide on the manufacturing technology, since you can make a wooden door with your own hands in one of three ways:
The order of the door assembly in the first way is as follows:
How to make wooden doors with your own hands? The answer is simple: you don't have to have a lot of experience and special education... Making entrance doors from wood is a process that requires a little free time, skill and the desire to do a good thing. with my own hands... Spending a few hours will allow you to learn carpentry and save your budget.
“Why make an interior door if you can go and buy? Some will ask. - Choice of doors in stores for every taste and color, in any price category. And less trouble. " The reason for each has its own, for example, a doorway in a room of a non-standard size, to be made to order in Vacation home or it is unprofitable and expensive for the dacha. However, this is not the topic of this article. And the topic is different: how to make an interior door with your own hands.
Consider the principle of creating an interior door, or rather a canvas. It can be used to make both a swing door and a sliding door.
Bye interior door in such unfinished form. You need to paint it, as well as platbands. I'm thinking of taking odorless paint, since you can't open the windows especially for airing, it's kind of chilly. The advantage of this paint is that it dries quickly, about two hours.
Or rather not even paint, but universal acrylic enamel. According to manufacturers, such enamel is an environmentally friendly and safe product. Weatherproof, used for outdoor and internal works, designed for all surfaces: wood, metal, concrete, brick, plaster, etc. Enamel can be diluted with water, but not more than 5% of the total volume.
Plus or minus, I don’t know, the enamel is glossy, matte I haven’t come across anywhere, except for radiators. Washes perfectly, by any detergents, is not erased. On a wooden surface, it will look like this.
First of all, of course, we need to plan the dimensions of the future interior door, from what material we will make it. The first thing that comes to mind is a frame door sheathed with MDF, fiberboard or plywood. Why wireframe? Firstly, there are no skills to make an interior door made of natural wood correctly and efficiently, so that it does not fall apart and dry out in the near future. Secondly, there is no special woodworking equipment. In the case of a frame door, neither the first nor the second is needed.
As I said, the doorway where the door needs to be installed is non-standard. It measures 79x186 cm. So, the plan of the interior door is in the picture below. 
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According to the plan, we cut the timber to the required length. We connect with each other with self-tapping screws and fix with corners for greater strength and stability of the structure.
I immediately burned the side of the frame, since I had not originally planned to paint the door. And I wanted to burn the wooden parts and varnish them. The first photos show a trial version of the opening. But I didn't like how the fiberboard looks. Therefore, later I abandoned this idea and decided to paint over everything with paint. Although it is possible to trim the door with veneer. Thus, to preserve the appearance and structure of wooden elements as much as possible - platbands, opening.
I also had an idea to use plywood. I went shopping, in none of them I found sheets 1.2 * 2.4, everywhere there were only 1.5 * 1.5. But the Internet is full of such offers. Apparently in our town this is not in use, therefore they do not sell, and if they bring it only on order in certain volumes. In general, as I paint, I will definitely post a photo of what happened. I hope everything will be great.
We cut off the sheets of fiberboard and make a little more than the frame of the interior door, literally by a couple of millimeters. We plant them on liquid nails and clamp them with a clamp until they are completely dry. You don't need to apply too much glue, as it will creep out, which is ugly.
You can decorate the door with a decorative strip. There are different patterns (curly, openwork, simple straight, etc.) and sizes.
It remains to hang the interior door on the hinges. As you can see, nothing complicated. I look forward to your comments.
A wide range of inexpensive MDF or plastic doors makes it easy to find a beautiful factory product with the right dimensions. However, such doors do not always meet the declared requirements for quality and practicality. For example, for outbuildings: a bathhouse, a shed, a summer kitchen or a shower, robust structures, which are not afraid of temperature drops, moisture and strong wind. In this case, it is best to make doors from boards with your own hands.
Craftsmen who make wood furniture say that it is best to work with oak. However, the use of such wood for the production of doors is irrational, since it is very heavy, therefore pine is more often used. Spruce is less commonly used due to its numerous knots and exfoliating fibrous structure.
When choosing boards, you need to look so that the surface is flat and does not have blue. If you are not sure of the correct storage of the boards, then they need to be additionally dried for two months at a temperature of +25 degrees. The procedure can be accelerated using a drying chamber, but the maximum allowable temperature is +50 degrees. At high marks, resin flows out of the wood, holding the fibers together, and the boards begin to dry out. You need to select and prepare material, following these rules:
Creation procedure door leaf is determined by its type, and it is possible to make three types of doors with your own hands. Massive is a flat surface created by joining planed boards. Entrance doors are made from cedar, oak and larch, and in a barn or a bathhouse, you can make a canvas from a pine board. To make them yourself, you need to follow these steps:
Not having professional skills, and wanting to make doors to a bathhouse or a shed with your own hands, it is better to cut out a simple thorn in half the thickness of the board. This work is carried out very carefully, since even a small gap can bend the canvas and cause a loose fit of the wood.
Paneled - this is a product with various decorative notches, which looks quite worthy, but is rarely used in the exterior. To make paneled doors with your own hands, you first need to make a drawing indicating the dimensions of the boards and panels. In accordance with the drawing, the bars for the frame and panels are cut in turn. The latter should freely enter the grooves on the bars, so the thickness of their edges is made less than the grooves by 1-2 mm. After processing all the elements with an antiseptic and drying, the grooves are greased with glue. All parts are assembled on a horizontal surface in the following sequence: diameters and panels are glued to the vertical beam, then the middle panels, the remaining diameters and panels, the second vertical beam and framing glazing beads. Considering the principle of the element-by-element assembly of such a door, the paneled canvas can be easily decorated with glass stained-glass windows.
Panel boards are budget structures that are made of low quality boards, filled with edged beams inside, or remain hollow. To hide the external "defectiveness" of this door, it is sheathed with decorative surfaces made of MDF or plastic. This is a simple and inexpensive option for arranging entrances to a basement, shed or attic. In principle, they are also suitable for a bath, but then you need to use high-quality boards and process them correctly. The production process involves the following stages:
After the door leaf is ready, making a frame for it is already as easy as shelling pears. It is enough to glue two vertical posts and two crossbars using the thorn-groove method the right size... For the door to the bathhouse, the frame is also treated with moisture-resistant coatings after drying. It is fastened to the wall with self-tapping screws so that the caps "drown" in the array.
When choosing fittings, you can stop at standard one-sided hinges and latches, which are in an affordable price segment. Universal hinges are more expensive, difficult to remove, and according to the assurances of individual sellers, they will hold together more than single-sided hinges. The number of hinges depends on the weight of the leaf, for example, oak entrance doors may require up to four hinges.
Any wooden canvas made by hand must be treated with a protective agent. It is enough to cover the interior doors with varnish, and the entrance structures to the house or bath must be treated not only with antiseptics, but also with several layers of paint. Good choice there will be a polyfluid that penetrates deeply into the wood fibers and has a high water-repellent property. And the finish decorative coating you can choose based on personal taste preferences.
It is not always possible to purchase good door, but if there is material, you can make it yourself. The reliability of the canvas and the box depends on the strength of the wood, but besides them, many other factors provide a safe entrance to the room. Wooden doors for outbuildings, country house or cottages are made according to the same technology, the difference is the reinforcing elements, the fittings used, the finishing options.
Interior doors can also be made by yourself using the same technology, with the only difference that they are not equipped with a peephole, a lock, and its thickness may be less. Thus, wooden doors differ from each other only stylistically, depending on the place where they will be installed.
Wooden doors can be made in the following versions:
Cloth with a stained-glass insert made of impact-resistant glass, as well as blind, are used as entrance and interior doors... The paneled construction is used, as a rule, as interior doors. The glass insert in the outer doors is reinforced with artistic forging, which, in addition to being protective, has a decorative function. Wood finishing is carried out, as a rule, with varnish or veneer of expensive wood species.
In order to make high-quality doors with your own hands, you should stock up in advance the necessary tools... But first you need to provide yourself with wood of the proper quality. The most popular varieties for making doors are pine and spruce. You can also choose larch, oak, ash. It should be borne in mind here that hard tree varieties are difficult to process at home, this requires special equipment. Softer wood makes it possible to get by with the tools available:
The door board must be dry, even, smooth, without large knots (small ones are allowed if they are free of cracks). It is advisable to additionally dry the workpieces by laying them outside in dry weather at an air temperature of + 25ºC for at least 2 weeks. The number of boards depends on the design of the door: the least amount of material is needed for the panel room, and the largest consumption falls on a solid door from an array.
First, the dimensions of the future product are determined. To do this, measure the dimensions of the opening with a construction tape and subtract 8 mm if a threshold is provided. For the manufacture of the box, a bar 5 cm thick and 10 cm wide is used.
This structural element is attached to the doorway, and the door leaf is attached to it using hinges. For durability, the box is best made of solid wood. It consists of 2 vertical posts and 2 crossbars. The joints and the location of the connecting pins are marked on them. With a hacksaw, then with a knife make cuts similar to the thorn-groove connection. Then they are coated with wood glue and connected. The finished frame is inserted into the doorway and attached to the wall with self-tapping screws. The hats should "sink" in the box solid.
The dimensions of the canvas should be 2-3 mm less than the box. This will ensure free opening / closing of the door without mutual friction of materials. Further, do-it-yourself wooden doors are made from a solid canvas or fiberboard plate, but the technology does not change from this.
The array can be purchased in the store, as its manufacture requires equipment. It is made by gluing beams and lamellas.
For convenience further work perform on the floor:
The front door is made in the same way. Instead of fiberboard, an array is used, the space between the sheets should be insulated. To do this, use mineral wool in the form of thin slabs. Increased protection can be achieved by placing a 2 mm thick metal sheet inside the sandwich. In this way, wooden armored doors are made. Next, hinged hinges are attached, the lock is cut in, if it is provided for by the design.
Today, in stores and building supermarkets, the buyer is faced with a huge selection of doors. Among them, wooden doors occupy one of the leading places in terms of their qualities. This type of door has only one drawback - the high price. But after their installation, you are guaranteed a presentable appearance of the product for a long time, since they do not lend themselves to mechanical stress and have excellent sound insulation properties.
In this article, we will offer you an option that will help you save money - do it yourself a wooden door. It can be an interior door or a door to a bathhouse, for example.
The most significant distinctive feature this type of product is environmental friendliness. After all, a tree will not only not harm the health of residents, but also create a favorable and comfortable atmosphere in the home. Let's highlight the main characteristics:
Of course, wood also has its drawbacks, like any other material. However, if you follow the technology during the manufacture of the product, the disadvantages are practically reduced to zero. It is extremely important to pay attention to the absorption property of the tree. Wood can absorb moisture as it dries. This will change the shape of the product. To prevent this from happening, cover the finished product with varnish. The quality of the product itself depends on how well the wood is prepared: it must be dried, saturated with an oil solution and processed under high pressure ferry.
Hardwood is often preferred for doors. it has high density, attractive texture and beautiful color. List of the most commonly purchased breeds:
For greater savings, we recommend using a glued version or solid pine. Do not think that if they are inexpensive, then their quality is not very high. A door made of pine boards, made by hand, will serve you faithfully for more than a dozen years. We remind you: the main thing is to follow the manufacturing technologies and provide the product proper care... If you are not satisfied appearance doors, you can always cover them with veneer from more expensive types of wood. Veneer is inexpensive, besides, you will never distinguish such doors from the original.
As we already mentioned, in order to make a door with your own hands, you can use a glued array. For this, lamellas of pre-dried wood glued together are used. Each new layer of lamellas is set at 90 degrees in relation to the previous one (perpendicular), which allows to achieve high reliability and strength of the material.
If you decide to make a door from boards yourself, be prepared for the fact that it will not be as perfect as you see them in stores. However, it will cost you much less. It is important to have the desire, patience and understanding of all stages of work.
The tools are ready, now let's outline a work plan. You should start by determining the dimensions of the product, which depend on the doorway and frame. Please note that if the box has a threshold, then the distance between the box and the door should be at least 0.2 cm along the entire perimeter.If the threshold is not provided, then the door on three sides will be less by 0.2 cm, and from below by 1 cm so as not to damage the carpet or flooring when closing / opening the door.
How to make a door leaf:
We have disassembled the points on how to make a door; now let's see how to mount it. It is necessary to attach the fiberboard to the wood frame. For this, a special adhesive is used. Apply a layer of glue where the basting was. For greater reliability, you can also fasten the structure in the upper parts with self-tapping screws. This must be done so that the caps of the screws do not protrude above the fiberboard. In the same way, we attach the second fiberboard sheet to the frame. Remember to make sure all edges and corners match. Put the structure glued with your own hands under the load, for which cover the door with a sheet of fiberboard, and evenly distribute the load over the entire surface of the product.
As we said, veneer will give a handmade door a finished look. Veneer is a thin material imitating wood. Before finishing the door with veneer, you must first prepare the surface, which should be perfectly flat. Prepare the surface thoroughly with your own hands to avoid chips, bumps, scratches. In addition, sand the surface with sandpaper. To glue the veneer, purchase a special wood glue.
