Hello,
Does anyone know what this door is called and where I can buy one? It's to replace an existing, external door. If I can't buy one , can I diy the current door to become a half-door?
Cheers,
JJB
What Are These Type of Doors Called and Where Can I Find Them?
[Deactivated] on 02/03/2019 - 09:04
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stable doors.
I imagine this would be quite hilarious depending on who's at the door - especially when there's those who expect to be able to come straight through. haha
Funnier if you only open the bottom one and say "Do come in"
Well well well, come come crawling back to me?
hamish & andy power play right there
Shouldn't be too hard to make with a saw and a router from a solid door. If you don't have the tools and skills you could contact some carpenters for quotes. Maybe even the local Men's Shed could do it cheaply.
can I diy the current door to become a half-door
How steady are your hands? :)
Do you want something that operates like the door in the pic? Because just cutting a standard door in half won't do. The door has two plies and the plies overlap to stop the top half from flying out. Standard doors are just mdf and won't be able to support this.
How steady are your hands? :)
Never had any complaints 😜
So, bad idea? Thanks
These were common when I was a kid, usually on kitchen doors. We used to call them stable doors. Good for letting in light and air but keeping animals out
User name is Mr. Ed?? Is that you? Willburrrrr?
I would not reccomend using the current door as you will lose approx 1cm in height making that joint.
Obviously the original door has been cut through the middle rail. With correct cutting blade, this would be achievable. Wrong blade would be disastrous.
If the above was not so, then the residual bottom rail of the top panel and the residual top rail of the bottom panel would each be wider when manufactured new than, for example, the top rail of the top panel. To the trained eye, quite obvious.
The height of a standard door is 2240mm. The width of the saw blade plus the forming of ONE 13mm rebate would reduce the resultant effective height of the two piece door by around 13-15mm.
To make up that amount, simply add two solid timber strips, one to each of the top rail of the top panel and one to the bottom rail of the bottom panel and height problem solved. Any carpenter/joiner worth his salt would handle this alteration.
They're called Dutch doors. Not too sure where to buy though sorry. Have a look online for Australia retailers, check gumtree or have a look at the DIY instructions.