Building a door for an orangery/greenhouse

[Maveric77]

Here it is now -> https://www.byggahus.se/forum/vaxth...geri-tradgardshus-inspiration-och-bilder.html

Big thanks to those who gave advice on how I should build the doors!

 

[askenberger]

Here are the results for those who are curious. Chose 12 mm plywood on the inside, screwed and glued to a frame of 45x95. On the outside, cladding boards that I had planed down to 10 mm. The total thickness of the door became about 70 mm. Feels stable and will probably hold up for the purpose. The cost ended up being about 1000 kr per door, including glass, and I ended up with quite a bit of leftover plywood for other projects!

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A few years old thread, but by any chance, do you have any pictures of the door build? And how has it held up? I'm planning to build a double door for a storage building and got very inspired by your build =)

 

[Maveric77]

A few years old thread, but do you happen to have any pictures of the door construction? And how has it held up? I'm going to build a double door for a storage building, and I was very inspired by your build =)

Hi! I don't have any pictures now, but the doors haven't sagged or warped. The panel on the south door dried out a bit during the summer, but I treated it with linseed oil/tar, so it recovered! I'll see if I can arrange some pictures this week!

 

[Juhani Jarlinge]

Hello everyone!

I'm in the process of building an orangery/greenhouse (felt roof, many windows, but uninsulated) and soon it will be time for the doors.

Of course, I want to have light entry in the doors and this complicates things a bit for me when I think about the actual construction. I have previously built storage doors without windows and then built with battens on the inside in a "Z" to make the construction stable, but now I can't do that precisely because I want as much light entry as possible.

I'm considering making the door with a frame in 45x70 where the battens lie on the width so that the door becomes 45 mm thick (plus panel as below). The measurements of the window are preliminary so just see it as a thought. In the window, muntins, etc. will then be installed.

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But the problem, as I see it, will be to avoid the door "sagging." There won't be any direct stability, and I wondered if this could be solved using a sheet metal (1-2 mm?) that I screw onto the framework and, of course, make a hole where the window is supposed to be. Then I cover the sheet metal on the outside with a panel and what type I don't know yet... Inside I cover with thin plywood or equivalent so that it becomes smooth.

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The door will weigh a fair bit, and I'll need sturdy hinges, but I think it would be fun to make the door myself, plus a similar ready-bought door would cost a lot since it's custom-sized.

Spontaneous thoughts? Could I do it another way and get the same stability, or will the sheet metal not help to make the door stable? If sheet metal is the right way to go, is 1 mm enough? Or 2?

Appreciate all input!

Here's the door opening...

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Hello everyone!

I'm in the process of building an orangery/greenhouse (felt roof, many windows, but uninsulated) and soon it will be time for the doors.

Of course, I want to have light entry in the doors and this complicates things a bit for me when I think about the actual construction. I have previously built storage doors without windows and then built with battens on the inside in a "Z" to make the construction stable, but now I can't do that precisely because I want as much light entry as possible.

I'm considering making the door with a frame in 45x70 where the battens lie on the width so that the door becomes 45 mm thick (plus panel as below). The measurements of the window are preliminary so just see it as a thought. In the window, muntins, etc. will then be installed.

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But the problem, as I see it, will be to avoid the door "sagging." There won't be any direct stability, and I wondered if this could be solved using a sheet metal (1-2 mm?) that I screw onto the framework and, of course, make a hole where the window is supposed to be. Then I cover the sheet metal on the outside with a panel and what type I don't know yet... Inside I cover with thin plywood or equivalent so that it becomes smooth.

[image]

The door will weigh a fair bit, and I'll need sturdy hinges, but I think it would be fun to make the door myself, plus a similar ready-bought door would cost a lot since it's custom-sized.

Spontaneous thoughts? Could I do it another way and get the same stability, or will the sheet metal not help to make the door stable? If sheet metal is the right way to go, is 1 mm enough? Or 2?

Appreciate all input!

Here's the door opening...

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I glued together 3 pieces of 21x70 planed, has held up well for a year