When its Just..... Too Hot

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Guys,
I thought everyone would get a kick out of my boredom, and not wanting to be outside when its 90 degs !

Sometime ago the second panel on my garage door started to rot out, probablly because my old dog would sometomes pee on the inside of the door when I had him in the garage !

I called Overhead Door and they came out only to let me know that they didnt make a 6 panel replacement panel anymore !

So this morning I headed down to HD and bought some materials to get started on this small project !

I bought Douglas Fir, 2x8 x 10'. Of course as you know that stuff is 1 1/2" thk. so we had to plane it down to 1 3/8".

I cut the boards on my chop saw to 9 ft, and then brought them down to my shop for further work. This is what I got done this afternoon.

I have the assembly dry fitted, and still need to make the panels, and cut up all the 1/4 rd stock to trim the panels out. I kind of ran out of steam at about 4:30 !

 

[marimus]

Is 90 that hot for you guys? Thats a nice spring day!

I don't think i've ever seen a wooden garage door down here either, only steel or aluminium. Is that for better thermal properties or some other reason?

 

[Bird]

That looks like a lot of work, Scotty. Wouldn't it have been just about as cheap and a lot less work to just replace the door with a metal door? I've helped put up both wooden and metal doors, and hope I never have to mess with a wooden one again.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evenin Marimus and Bird,
Yep 90 is hot here ! To me anyway !

Bird, the problem with metal is that it wouldnt fit the character of the house very well. The house is a 3 bedroom colonial saltbox and metal just doesnt look right to me .

Anyways, Im kind of thrifty if you know what I mean !

Bird, I meant to put this thread under Related Topics, and clicked on the wrong forum ! Maybe you could move it, this thread really isnt a Rural Topic ! Sorry !

 

[Bird]

OK, Scotty, I moved it over here and left a redirect for 10 days in the other forum.

While I sorta understand your point about a metal door not "looking" right, I always consider function, cost, convenience, etc. with appearance being way down my list of priorities.

 

[George2615]

Must be a big dog to pee that high on the door. Are you sure you didn't help him.

 

[scott_vt]

Must be a big dog to pee that high on the door. Are you sure you didn't help him.

Good Evenin George,
Yep he was a 90 lb weimeraner named Fritz that could do no wrong, the rebuild isnt nearly as bad as losing him some number of years ago !

 

[mjarrels]

People in the United States don't know what hot is (except for people living in Needles Ca.) Hotter at 3 am in Barain, Dubi, etc in the middle east then it ever gets in the US.

mark

 

[20 20]

It's not so much the heat up this way as it is the humidity, temp reads 70 but it feels like 90. Break a sweat sleeping.

 

[smfcpacfp]

It is almost 100 here in Rome today and muggy too, but it was worth it to get to see the Colosseum in person!