I'm working on our lodge, replacing the panel and making new sliding doors (i.e., replacing the ones in the pictures). I've searched the forum for tips on how to build sliding doors but to no avail. Instead, I found this video from DIY https://gds.se/byggnader/forrad/garasje-bygg-en-skjutdorr
Here they build a rather small (160 wide, 244 high) door compared to mine (which are about 4 meters high and 2 meters wide) and they cover it with a sheet. My question is whether I can use the same dimensions for the studs (50*100) and use the same construction, though I'm making larger doors and will cover them with boards instead? Or do I need to use thicker studs and add something to the structure to stabilize it (for instance, a diagonal brace, which from an amateur builder's perspective, can be quite unwieldy)? Anyone in the know?
I could just replicate the ones that are there, but they have quite a hefty frame, which I want to avoid if possible.
If you want to take a look at other parts of the project (e.g., switching from asbestos to overlapping panel), I previously received help in https://www.byggahus.se/forum/threads/lockpanel-utan-lock.483621/#post-5210617 and https://www.byggahus.se/forum/threa...saden-eternitklaedd-loge.410655/#post-5209985
Here they build a rather small (160 wide, 244 high) door compared to mine (which are about 4 meters high and 2 meters wide) and they cover it with a sheet. My question is whether I can use the same dimensions for the studs (50*100) and use the same construction, though I'm making larger doors and will cover them with boards instead? Or do I need to use thicker studs and add something to the structure to stabilize it (for instance, a diagonal brace, which from an amateur builder's perspective, can be quite unwieldy)? Anyone in the know?
I could just replicate the ones that are there, but they have quite a hefty frame, which I want to avoid if possible.
If you want to take a look at other parts of the project (e.g., switching from asbestos to overlapping panel), I previously received help in https://www.byggahus.se/forum/threads/lockpanel-utan-lock.483621/#post-5210617 and https://www.byggahus.se/forum/threa...saden-eternitklaedd-loge.410655/#post-5209985
I think the easiest way is to take down one of your doors and see how they are made.
Off the top of my head, I would have built with 28x120 or similar, using double layers and offsetting at the corners and sides where you need nailing battens for the panel.
Hope you understand what I mean.
Maybe thinner would work too, your doors aren't excessively large.
//AA
Off the top of my head, I would have built with 28x120 or similar, using double layers and offsetting at the corners and sides where you need nailing battens for the panel.
Hope you understand what I mean.
Maybe thinner would work too, your doors aren't excessively large.
//AA
Thank you! I think I understand what you mean. 2 layers of rectangular frame of 28x120). Let's say the left vertical closest to the panel goes all the way up to the top corner, so you mean that the left vertical furthest from the panel goes all the way down to the bottom corner. While the horizontal ones fill the "gaps" in the corners after the verticals?S saiter said:
"]Thank you! I think I understand what you mean. 2 layers of rectangular frame of 28x120). Let's say that the left vertical one closest to the panel is all the way up in the upper corner, so you mean that the left vertical one farthest from the panel is all the way down in the lower corner. At the same time, the horizontal ones fill the "gaps" in the corners after the vertical ones?[/QUOTE]
Yes exactly.
//AA
Yes exactly.
//AA