Build Your Own Interior Door
The door frame is built using loose tenons or dominoes with a panel that floats in a groove in the frame.
Build your own interior door. Purchase two luon sheets of wood that are a quarter inch thick and at least the size you want to make your door. Build an interior door. Finishing off the interior door i then brought the doors back to my shop where i made sure all the faces were sanded smooth and edges eased.
Before i install the door i will measure the hinges that i have already placed on the door and mortise the hinges in the frame if necessary. If you build without allowing for it you may find yourself with a cracked or sticking door. I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4 thick stock.
It s as simple as picking up a 4 ft 1 2 m x 8 ft 2 4 m sheet of 1 2 in 1 3 cm plywood and cutting it to correct dimensions. You deserve a beer or 2 at this point. Interior door hinges are generally placed at center 10 inches from the bottom 7 inches from the top and in the center of the door.
If you like you can use your scrap plywood to cut stiles a center panel or other accents to give your handcrafted door a little extra visual appeal. Install the lock and you should be done. Building your own interior doors gives you the opportunity to customize them and to put the stamp of your personality on your home.
Try making your own door. Dry fit again mark the center of your lockset center of the existing strike. Measure your jam and mortise the hinges.
Dry fit your door mark for any trimming to be done. See the sidebar for more information about how to make your own and how to use it. After a bit of thought he devised a door building plan requiring no special tools or processes read more about how to build your own interior doors here.