Old Coachhouse ledged and braced oak door

[SMJoinery]

Hi All

Working on a late 18th century coachhouse for a large Mansion house here in Central Scotland. The place is full of character and is now a lovely substantial family home.
Client requested a new door and frame to match existing style.
20mm oak finished with Danish oil.
Pine frame and finishes painted in water based antique white.
Boards were dimensioned, put through the cms to form "V" groove and then dominoed together (6x40).
Ironmongery is from "Old Forge" range and was almost an exact match.
First pic is the "before" shot.
Scott

 

[jmac80]

Very nice job mate i like it.
Out of interest how much was the cost of the timber?
Thanks

 

[SMJoinery]

Very nice job mate i like it.
Out of interest how much was the cost of the timber?
Thanks

Thanks.
I think we are around £9 per m for a 225mm by 27mm kiln dried off sawn board.
There is probably 14m in the door in total.

 

[jmac80]

Very nice job mate i like it.
Out of interest how much was the cost of the timber?
Thanks

Thanks.
I think we are around £9 per m for a 225mm by 27mm kiln dried off sawn board.
There is probably 14m in the door in total.

Nice.
Plan on making an oak door myself soon.

Cheers

 

[chrisrosenb]

Very nice door.

 

[Doug S]

Looks like you glued the boards together? By gluing the boards together the face of the door is in effect just one wide piece of oak, I would be worried that it will dry out and shrink/crack, why not make it traditionally with tongue and groove boarding?

Doug

 

[fixit]

I see lines across the boards in the clamp up picture, did you use dominoes ?

Great looking door !

 

[SMJoinery]

Very nice door.

Thanks JD

 

[SMJoinery]

Looks like you glued the boards together? By gluing the boards together the face of the door is in effect just one wide piece of oak, I would be worried that it will dry out and shrink/crack, why not make it traditionally with tongue and groove boarding?

Doug

Boards are glued (titebond 3) and domino jointed (6x40) at 150mm centres
We always use kiln dried boards in our glue ups, prep it and then leave it for a few days before assembling etc.
Any of the many glue ups I've done haven't shown signs of drying out significantly enough to shrink / crack or displace joints etc, so I suppose I'm not worried about that possibility.
Some of the existing doors are T&G boarded (unglued) and in places you can see through the door!..
I'll take my chances.

 

[SMJoinery]

I see lines across the boards in the clamp up picture, did you use dominoes ?

Great looking door !

Thanks.
Yes, 6x40 at 150 centres.