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How thick a diagonal brace is needed in a homemade door?
Building a new storage door.
110x220cm. Odd dimensions.
Framed 45x70 with 22 mm wooden panel on the outside and plywood on the inside.
Planning to have some stone wool boards or polystyrene in the door.
Need to have a diagonal brace.
Is a 20 mm board enough?
Thinking that it should only prevent the door from sagging and becoming rhombic. So, no major weights.
110x220cm. Odd dimensions.
Framed 45x70 with 22 mm wooden panel on the outside and plywood on the inside.
Planning to have some stone wool boards or polystyrene in the door.
Need to have a diagonal brace.
Is a 20 mm board enough?
Thinking that it should only prevent the door from sagging and becoming rhombic. So, no major weights.
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· Stockholm
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Hello
Cut a bevel on the inside of the door frame that has the same or larger dimensions as the plywood sheet.
That is, you inset the sheet into the door frame.
There you attach the plywood sheet, it will be stable as hell!
If you also add a diagonal brace, it reduces the risk of the door warping.
/W
Cut a bevel on the inside of the door frame that has the same or larger dimensions as the plywood sheet.
That is, you inset the sheet into the door frame.
There you attach the plywood sheet, it will be stable as hell!
If you also add a diagonal brace, it reduces the risk of the door warping.
/W
Good idea but then I won't have room for 70mm of Styrofoam in the door.Workingclasshero said:
Hi
Mill an edge on the inside of the door frame that has the same or larger dimensions as the plywood board.
In other words, you recess the board into the door frame.
That's where you attach the plywood board, it will be stable as hell!
If you also add a diagonal brace, the risk of the door warping is reduced.
/W
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Is it worth having insulation? Is the storage insulated by the way?
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