Made from solid cedar wood this woodland cedar screen door is a beautiful addition to your home décor.
Building a cedar screen door.
The door can be easily trimmed up to 1 in.
Our real cedar do it yourself center features a diverse selection of project plans and ideas many projects include an introductory video detailed project plans available in pdf and or sketchup formats.
Install a no mortise latchset centered on the door s middle rail.
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Open the door and slip the screen inserts into place then secure each with wooden turn buttons mounted to the back side of the door.
Use 1 inch thick lumber for a lighter door.
For the bottom kick rail we cut down the 8 inch fir to 7 1 2 inches.
Line the latch case up to the edge of the rail on the inside of the door then mark the spindle location.
Doors are 1 375 in.
Cut everything to length and lay the door out on a flat surface.
We cut the 6 inch fir down to 5 1 2 inches to create the stiles vertical and top rail horizontal.
We had been wanting a screen door for our back porch for years but never got around to putting one in until we updated our back porch.
Build the frame for the door.
We had been shopping around for one but we could never find a model that we liked.
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To attach the stiles and rails fit the table saw with a tongue and groove bit.
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It s fine to build the entire door from 4 inch wide planks but for a more substantial door make the horizontal pieces 5 inches wide.
Each door features a removable fiberglass screen panel as well as a universal reversible handing for added versatility.
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On each side to fit your doorframe.
Use 1 1 4 inch thick lumber for a a heavy duty door.
You ll need five pieces of lumber to build the door.