Splice old panel door

[jmw]

I am about to widen a panel door to continue using the old style for a sliding door. The idea is to somehow join a whole door with a half door, thus creating a 1.5 door, approximately 120 cm wide - perfect as a sliding door. BUT how do you do this in practice? How do I join them with minimal risk of movement resulting in cracks in the paint? How do you achieve decent precision in the fit between the door parts? How do I ensure the parts stay together with adequate strength?

VERY grateful for any ideas!

Best regards,

John

 

[zankan]

I am about to widen a panel door to continue using the old style for a sliding door. The idea is to somehow join a whole door with a half one, thereby creating 1.5 doors, i.e., about 120 cm door - perfect as a sliding door. BUT how is this done in practice? How do I join them with minimal risk of movement => cracking in the paint. How do you achieve reasonable precision in the fit between the door parts? How do I ensure the parts hold together with reasonable strength?

VERY grateful for all ideas!

Regards,

John

You clap out the panels and make new panels and splice in the frame....

 

[Ring]

If you have two doors, you can simply take the material you need from one frame and extend the other. By using the right splicing technique and, preferably, a 2-component PUR glue, you will achieve very strong joints.

 

[gaia]

one can have a double door as a double sliding door - you slide each half to its side . Simplest?
gaia

 

[Larsa]

I would have made the doors narrower and glued them together (double panels). Take apart both doors into pieces. Split off a strip in the middle of all the panels and glue them together again, trim the top, middle, and bottom pieces.

 

[Snaskpelle]

Now I don't know how you plan to use the door, i.e., the style of the rest, where in the room, built-in or surface-mounted, but in the right place, I think it would look nice to inset glass (opaque or transparent, maybe with some nice pattern?) in the back edge of the sliding door with a frame that matches the outer edge of the door leaf. With a nice faux etched pattern (the kind you stick on), I think it could look really cool. A bit of a surprise effect when you close the door.

 

[ByggPutte]

Had taken the door to be used.
Cut it in half. Preferably with a festo
saw and rail or table saw.
And then saw off as much as needed
from the spare leaf.
And then biscuit jointed and glued the parts together and
clamped it with clamps.
If there's a risk of the panels coming apart
when cutting the leaves, I would have nailed them with brads.

Best, Putte

 

[jmw]

Thank you for all the answers! I will need the door to the bedroom because it has to be dark and nice. Therefore, the otherwise good idea of glass in the door is out.

I'll probably mix a half door with a whole one. That way, I'll have three "mirror panels" next to each other. A bit unusual, but it could probably be good. I've got a price from a furniture carpenter at "a couple of hundred". That should be reasonable, right?

Best regards,

John

 

[jmw]

It is the bifoagde doors that I will splice together...