Of all the exquisite moments that pass unnoticed in daily life coming home to your own front door is the second best.
Build wood front door.
Once you master those you re on the way to making your front entryway into a showpiece.
The door will be.
And you can build a much better door than you can buy for the same money.
How to build a door step 2 the exterior skin the outdoor skin keeps driving rains out of the inner core yet it must also be free to expand and contract seasonally a bit with changes in humidity.
Notch the ends.
Measure the height and the width.
The 5 8 by 2 1 2 wide tongue and groove boards i use for this purpose do a good job but only if the joints between neighbouring pieces are.
Behind you a day s work and hard.
There are a few tips for dealing with oversize parts breaking assembly into manageable steps fitting the door and installing the hardware.
Measure the door jamb you are creating your door for.
How to build an exterior wooden door step 1.