How To Make A Ledge And Brace Garage Door
We often make wooden doors that match our wooden gates or garage doors.
How to make a ledge and brace garage door. This article describes one way of making a fairly traditional framed ledge and braced door. Check out the materials and steps below to begin making the vertical sections and frame for the door and then proceed to how to make ledge and brace doors part 2 for the rest of the directions. A ledged and braced door is based on at least three horizontal rails ledges on the rear of the door a diagonal brace again on the rear of the door and then as many vertical boards as needed to make the front face of the door. Timber section for frame part of the door etc etc.
How to cut braces into a frame ledge and braced door bracing a short video explaining how i go about accurately cutting the braces into a already boarded doo. A brace is placed diagonally between each ledge which gives the door a z pattern. Contemporary ledge and brace doors are made using standard tongue and groove flooring with two ledges and a single brace. This type of door construction is ideal for large heavy doors such as garage or barn doors and can also be adapted for some designs of gate.