converting to french

[helga]

I have scored two matching doors, each with a large and small panel of glass in an (guessing) oregon frame. Just completed paint removal and they're looking hot. Each door is 890mm wide and I want to convert them into supersized french doors.Anybody done this before?thanks

[ozwinner]

No.

[helga]

thanks anyway.very enlightening!

[helga]

Where the doors meet in the middle, can I nail on a strip half the depth of the door to form an overlap or will that just be pissweak?Do they need to overlap or can I just use some kind of bolt across and also into the floor?- security is no issue but wind might be.I have only done furniture restoration before, no building.

[knucklehead]

The doors need to meet securly otherwise they will not stop when closed.The french doors will become saloon swing gates.
If the doors are solid or have enough meat left on the edge you can route a matched set on eachdoor to do this. Alternativley you could just add a bead of timber to one of the doors.

[knucklehead]

P.S don't worry about Al he has recently lost all colour (and shirt) and hasn't been the same since.

[journeyman Mick]

Helga,
you need to rebate the doors where they meet. Buy your handle/lock with a rebate kit and cut the rebate to suit. Normally the stationary door gets a barrell bolt top and bottom. Also I'm guessing they're western red cedar rather than oregon.

Mick (who's laid bugger all bricks but has hung a few doors, unlike Al )

[helga]

Thank you for the information.At least I get the idea it is possible.The frame around the glass is about 100mm wide and the door is about 40mm thick, just estimates as it is down in the shed. They seem very heavy, two person job to move them, they are from a nursing home in Lismore.I have just discovered this forum. Am I allowed to know what SWMBO stands for???

[journeyman Mick]

She Who Must Be Obeyed

[helga]

made me laugh

have you seen the fridge magnet that says I can't Be Fired, Slaves Have To Be Sold ?

I grew up in the rainforest in Kuranda, but I haven't been there for years, it has probably changed a lot since 1983!!!

[Rusty]

The french doors will become saloon swing gates.

Heh, heh. I can just imagine a brooding figure kicking open the doors and staring down a barroom full of French cowboys..."Mon Dieu! C'est Le Sherriffe!"

Regards,
Rusty.

[helga]

cue Fist Full of Dollars soundtrack

[keith53]

sack ray blur

[helga]

jokes like that are a sack a bull a fence

[speedy]

The frame around the glass is about 100mm wide and the door is about 40mm thick,

This may help you, this is a set for french doors I made to replace a window. They are 900mm x 2000mm each, the frame is approx 100mm wide and they weigh about 20 kgs each and are made of silky oak. I also made two other sets the same size but with out the horizontal braces. I would advise using three hinges on each door to hold the weight.