Photo report on how to make paneled doors. The process of making paneled doors with your own hands. Finishing a paneled door as the main component of its long-term operation

Being an essential element of any interior, interior doors perform not only an operational, but also a decorative function. The design and functional features of panel doors allow them to successfully combine both directions, making panel doors not only reliable, but also an attractive element of the interior. However, their popularity is due not only to dual functionality, but also to many other advantages that distinguish paneled structures from other types of interior doors, which will be discussed in this material. If you prefer paneled doors, there is absolutely no need to purchase factory designs - you just need to make them yourself. It is worth noting that homemade models have some advantages that are not typical for factory products. The advantages of homemade models, as well as features and step-by-step instructions for their manufacture are also the subject of this article.

Paneled doors: definition and a brief excursion into history

Having become the first models to appear on the Russian market of interior doors, paneled doors quickly gained popularity among consumers, which is undoubtedly due to the optimal price-quality ratio. In the 90s, the most popular model was white paneled doors made of MDF, which clearly proved their efficiency and durability.

What is a panel? Ushakov’s dictionary gives the following definition of this term: “A panel is a thin plywood or board that is inserted into a frame made of any materials.”

Accordingly, we can conclude that paneled doors are doors whose design implies the presence of a frame, most often wooden, which acts as a load-bearing element, as well as an insert - a panel. It is worth noting that in modern panel doors the insert can be not only wooden. But in most cases, panels are made from solid wood or combined materials, which include MDF and solid pine.

Features of the design of paneled doors. Types of panels

Paneled doors are almost impossible to confuse with any other types of interior doors. Their design features are similar to those of a conventional window, since the latter consist of a visible frame that acts as a frame, and thinner panel inserts. Thus, the main structural elements of a paneled door are the following elements:

The wooden frame, also called the frame, is the main structural element onto which the remaining door parts are subsequently attached. Its production is carried out from solid wood, as well as laminated veneer lumber. Most often, the frame is made of four parts connected to each other. To increase the strength of the structure, the lower part of the frame is made slightly wider than the side and top. A more modern approach to increasing the strength of panel doors is to reinforce the entire bottom of the structure, which is sheathed with sheet metal such as aluminum or galvanized steel. However, it is worth noting that the use of such a technique is relevant for strengthening the structure of only paneled entrance doors;
Middle blocks, which are horizontally located bars, fixed in the middle part of the canvas;

Panels, which can be made of various materials and are fixed in the door frame. Often they are the main decorative element of the door. They are decorated with paintings or given the most bizarre shape. A variety of materials are used for their manufacture, most often glass, chipboard, MDF or plywood. The fragments are inserted into special grooves, after which they are fixed using decorative glazing beads (often these are glazing beads, which received this name because part of them extends onto the plane of the door. These fastening features make it easy to replace a damaged fragment, for example, broken glass, and also allow you to radically change the appearance of an interior door.

Main types of panels

Traditional smooth panels made from identical planks with a smooth surface. They can be used to make both entrance and interior doors;
Figare panels, the distinctive feature of which is the presence of a convex middle part, gradually thinning towards the edge;

Floating panels, for the manufacture of which boards of the same thickness were used as for the manufacture of the frame;
In addition, there are double and single panels. To assemble single ones, planks laid in one row are used, while double ones are made of two rows of planks separated by a layer of insulating materials or an air gap.

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Popular materials for making panel doors and their advantages

Often, paneled doors are made from solid wood. The breeds used in this case can be very diverse: from those that are found everywhere in central Russia to exotic varieties imported from the most remote corners of the planet. The choice of breed has a significant impact on the cost of the finished product, and often on its production time, which can be quite variable. For the manufacture of paneled doors, only selected, carefully dried wood is used. Not only species from the low price category, such as pine, birch or spruce, are in wide demand, but also moderately expensive, but at the same time more durable hornbeam, oak and beech, which, if properly used, will last for several decades.

The most common material for the manufacture of panel doors is pine boards, the distinctive feature of which is a pleasant honey shade, attractive texture and ease of processing, and the natural antiseptics included in the wood structure allow the material to retain its original characteristics for a long time. The unique features of the material make it possible to install doors made from solid pine, which can be installed not only as interior doors, but also as entrance doors. This is due to their high strength and wear resistance, which have a positive effect on the service life of the door leaf. Thus, the popularity of wooden panel doors made from solid pine is due to their following advantages:

Manufactured from natural, environmentally friendly raw materials, which during operation does not pollute the atmosphere with harmful fumes, as a result of which it is absolutely safe for human health. Despite the fact that solid pine is a material belonging to a low price category, its durability leaves no doubt and at the same time is in an optimal ratio to the price. When properly used, they will not only last for decades, but also will not lose their original characteristics;
Resistance to mechanical stress allows doors made from this material to maintain strength and resistance to mechanical damage. Particularly important is the fact that solid pine remains resistant to changes in humidity and temperature, which makes it possible to install paneled doors made of solid pine as external doors;
Aesthetics and decorative properties also difficult to ignore. Solid pine has an attractive texture and color, thanks to which panel doors can decorate any interior, and their external counterparts will noticeably embellish the exterior of any home;
And of course very affordable price, which cannot go unnoticed. It is thanks to our moderate pricing policy that you will receive a high-quality and reliable door at a low price.

Making paneled doors from solid pine: nuances and features

Currently, there are several ways to make paneled doors from solid wood. Manufacturers offer several main production methods:

Production of paneled door panels using laminated pine timber;
Production of doors from natural solid pine, which excludes the use of certain additional substances.

Each of these methods has its own advantages and disadvantages. As for the first method, in practice it is carried out quite easily. Doors made from laminated veneer lumber have undoubted strength and resistance to aggressive environmental influences, since during the gluing process the bars are firmly attached to each other and are almost impossible to tear apart from each other. After gluing the bars, they are thoroughly dried and then varnished, which not only increases their strength, but also their aesthetic characteristics. Due to their high strength, paneled doors made of laminated veneer lumber are installed as external ones;

If we consider the second method, we can note that the manufacture of a paneled door from natural pine presents certain difficulties, which is why in most cases such doors are made to order, and the cost of this undertaking is often quite high.

Advantages of self-made panel doors

If you decide to install a paneled door, there is absolutely no need to purchase a factory-made option. If you have a little experience and the skills of a home craftsman, it will not be difficult for you to make a paneled door with your own hands, especially since in this article we will provide step-by-step instructions for its manufacture. Let's consider the main advantages of panel doors made independently:

Lower cost of homemade doors, in contrast to their factory counterparts;
Self-installation of paneled doors according to certain standards will save you from the need to adjust them to the dimensions of the doorway;
Taking into account certain manufacturing features, homemade panel doors are less susceptible to external influences, and therefore are less susceptible to destruction under the influence of temperature changes.

Materials and tools for making paneled doors

Before you make a paneled door, stock up on a very modest set of tools.

Required tools:

Hacksaw for woodworking;
Chisel and screwdriver;
Pencil and tape measure;
Sandpaper with fine and coarse grains;

Initially, decide on the materials for making paneled doors. To make a reliable and durable frame, it is necessary to select wood species with high strength characteristics and resistance to changes in the external environment and microclimatic parameters. Thus, it is better to opt for the most durable types of wood, such as oak or ash. Pine is also a durable material characterized by an optimal price-quality ratio. It, like previous breeds, is resistant to changes in microclimatic parameters such as humidity and temperature.

It is better to choose chipboard or plywood as materials for making panels, which will make the structure lightweight and, at the same time, inexpensive. If you want to make the doors more massive and solid, use more expensive solid wood. To enhance the decorative characteristics of the door, glass inserts are often used, which can be frosted or transparent, and also decorated with a wide variety of patterns. Doors with stained glass inserts look very expensive and respectable.

Since real designer stained glass is a more than expensive pleasure, decorative painting on glass is often used, which is made double-sided to create the effect of a full-fledged stained glass window.

Necessary materials:

To make the frame, we will need thick boards with a width of up to 50 mm or 3 bars, 2 of which will be used to make the vertical part, and 1 to create the transverse upper part;
To make panels, stock up on plywood or chipboard; if you wish, they can be replaced with glass. If you plan to make glass panels, additionally prepare glazing beads;
In addition, we will need glue and screws;
Door fittings (door hinges and handles);
As well as materials for the final finishing of the door (various specialized coatings, varnishes and paints).

Step-by-step instructions for making an interior panel door

The initial installation stage consists of installing the doorway. It must be manufactured in such a way that any distortions and differences in width and height can be easily eliminated. After making the door frame, you can begin installing the paneled door yourself;

It’s better to start making it by developing a sketch that is created taking into account your personal preferences. However, experts advise a novice master to start by installing a door with six panels. Having created a rough sketch of the door, it is detailed, all the necessary dimensions are marked on it, after which the necessary materials are purchased according to the selected dimensions;

Then they start making the frame. To do this, use a tape measure to measure the width of the doorway.

Please note that the dimensions of the door will be 4-6 mm smaller than the dimensions of the door frame.

Taking into account the obtained dimensions, the base for the door is made from timber. To do this, mark the required length with a pencil on a timber free of mechanical damage and unevenness. The excess part is sawed off with a hacksaw. The result should be 2 main vertical posts and 2 transverse ones, which are fixed in the lower and upper parts of the structure, as well as internal transverse rails that serve to increase the strength of the structure.

In order to tightly fasten the parts together, grooves and tenons are made in the right places that are ideal in size. To increase the strength of the fastenings, the parts are coated with wood glue, and chamfers are made in the places where the panels are attached.

Having made the frame, proceed to installing the panels. If you use wood, it is better to opt for solid boards - this will avoid creating a prefabricated chamfer. In accordance with the dimensions of the chamfer, a finished part is cut out of the solid wood and cuts are made along its edges, which will allow the part to be tightly fastened to the chamfer.

If you do not have the opportunity to create a panel from a solid mass, but you still want to use wood, make panels from pieces of wood, fastening them together using a system of grooves and tenons, and additionally coating the joints with wood glue. After making the panel from pieces of wood, make cuts along the edges for fastening with a chamfer.

Important! Panels made from solid wood can be additionally decorated with an additional pattern, but this requires special skills and tools.

If the panels are made from chipboard or plywood, they are cut to the required dimensions.

If you plan to make glass inserts, they are also cut according to the dimensions of the door, or when making crossbars and lintels, they are guided by the dimensions of the inserts.

If you decorate the door with glass decorated with double-sided paintings imitating stained glass, the design is applied before the panel is inserted into the frame. Glass panels are secured using glazing beads, since this method allows you to replace the insert if it is damaged.

Finishing a paneled door as the main component of its long-term operation

There are two main ways of processing paneled doors, the first of which is called solid and implies the same design of the frame and panel, and the second is contrasting, which implies a clear highlight of the panel.

Finishing an interior or entrance door made from solid pine involves treating its surface with antifungal and antiseptic preparations that protect the surface from aggressive environmental influences, and also give the wood fire-resistant properties and prevent the aging of the wood. However, unlike other processing methods, for example, painting with enamel, treatment with antiseptic solutions does not hide the texture of the wood and, due to the inclusion of coloring pigments in the antiseptics, they improve its shade and overall appearance. Several years ago, stains that interacted with the top layer of wood, as well as varnishes, were used for these purposes. The level of pigment saturation is determined only by the preference of the customer, who negotiates in advance with the manufacturer the breed he needs. But, despite the above advantages, wood that has been treated with these compounds has one significant drawback, the essence of which is that when damaged, a light stain forms on the surface of the wood. This is due to the fact that the pigment penetrates only into the upper layers of wood, and therefore, when choosing between natural wood and material treated with these compounds, give preference to the natural option.

As a finishing treatment for the door leaf, water-based acrylic varnishes are used, which, unlike solvent-based alkyd varnishes, change the tone and structure of the wood to a lesser extent and are also more environmentally friendly. As for the choice between matte and glossy surfaces, it is important to note the fact that dirt is more visible on matte surfaces, while glossy surfaces hide the wood texture, making the color more saturated. In this regard, we advise you to give preference to semi-gloss and semi-matte coatings for paneled doors.

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Interior doors play a very important role: they not only separate one room from another, but also set a certain tone for the interior. These designs can either emphasize the style of the room or overshadow it, attracting special attention to themselves. Despite the fact that the modern market is replete with products, buyers are increasingly purchasing paneled doors.

The popularity of such structures is quite natural and understandable. They are durable and solid, and if desired, panel doors, for example, for a summer house, can be made with your own hands.

Paneled doors are unique in that they have a supporting frame, as well as panel inserts (GOST regulates the presence of these elements). It is simply impossible to confuse such designs with another type of door system.

As a rule, the frame is made of solid wood. At the same time, the lower part of the leaf is always much wider than the sides and the upper part: thanks to this feature, the sash becomes stronger. By the way, they also produce more expensive models reinforced with sheet metal (copper, brass, polished bronze plates): usually these are entrance blocks or door systems intended for installation in a country house.

As for panel inserts, they are produced from a variety of materials: plywood, glass, MDF, etc. GOST specifies that these fragments are attached to the frame in the following way: special grooves are created in the frame into which these elements are installed, or fixation occurs using decorative beads.

According to experts, the latter option is considered more practical: if the glass insert installed in the interior doors suddenly breaks, the home craftsman can replace it with a new one with his own hands. It will not be difficult to perform such an operation even for a beginner.

Variety of models

Paneled doors are made either from solid wood or from a combined material.

The current GOST regulates the following classification of these products according to the type of material used:

Block made of valuable wood.
Typically, such interior structures are made from solid hornbeam, teak, oak or walnut. The panel inserts in such models are fastened together with tenon joints, so such door systems are distinguished by high strength and durability (GOST focuses on this point).
Coniferous wood construction.
The production technology provides that such a block, after manufacturing, must be coated with a special chemical composition: thanks to this, paneled doors of this type acquire excellent fire-fighting and anti-corrosion properties. Such designs are ideal for a country house or cottage.
Block made of combined material.
The main advantage of this design is its low cost. The production technology of this door system is as follows (GOST reflects this production feature): veneer made of valuable wood species is glued onto an MDF frame, and the product is coated with special impregnations and varnish on top. Of course, such interior doors are not as durable as products made from valuable wood, but with careful care they can last 4-5 decades.

The current GOST also regulates the finishing of paneled structures. The finishing of doors of this type is carried out using special water-based varnishes (acrylic). These finishing products are considered more environmentally friendly, and besides, they (unlike alkyd and nitro varnishes) do not change the color of wood fibers.

Please note that the block can have either a glossy or matte finish. The matte surface has a significant drawback: dust and other contaminants are very visible on it.

The downside of the glossy surface is the fact that it hides the luxurious structure of the wood. Therefore, when choosing panel doors, experts recommend choosing semi-matte or semi-gloss products.

Advantages of panel doors

What are the parts of a paneled door called?

As you know, each door block has its own strengths and weaknesses, and paneled interior doors are no exception. The main advantage of these structures is their durability and high strength.

The second advantage is excellent sound and heat insulation. Even if the block production technology involves the use of glass or stained glass inserts, such elements are attached to the door leaf using special frames, which impart structural integrity and provide the door with excellent insulating properties. And besides, such structures are not subject to drying out: they are not afraid of sudden temperature changes and high air humidity.

Moreover, the range of such products is also diverse. For example, you can purchase white paneled doors. In addition, those door systems, the production of which is carried out using glass inserts, can vary greatly from each other: one block may have colored glass, another block may have patterned or frosted glass, etc.

And, of course, the undeniable advantage of door systems of this type is the ability to make them yourself. Do-it-yourself interior structures will eliminate the need to adjust the product to the size of the opening. And besides, such canvases can have an original design.

Self-made design

Making paneled doors with your own hands first of all requires the desire of the master, as well as the presence of certain skills in working with wood.

The home craftsman will have to stock up on a small set of tools:

construction meter;
pencil;
coarse and fine-grained sandpaper;
screwdriver;
chisel;
wood hacksaw, etc.

In addition, you will need cutters for making paneled doors, as well as the entire necessary set of materials and fittings.

The first thing you need to do is measure the doorway correctly. Errors are unacceptable, because correcting them will be very difficult. After this, they make a box with their own hands and install it (under no circumstances should there be any distortions). Then they begin to design the paneled fabric.

What is a paneled door made of?

To do this, a sketch of the future sash is drawn and all its elements are detailed. Experts recommend that a beginner start by making a canvas with six panel inserts: the production technology of such a design is much easier than any other model.

Then the required length is measured on the timber and the excess part is sawed off. This operation is performed several times with your own hands. The result should be two main side posts, two cross members (the upper and lower parts of the sash), as well as slats and internal cross members. In order to ensure tight fastening of the individual elements, grooves and tenons are made, then these parts are lubricated with wood glue and connected. In places where panels will be fixed in the future, you need to make chamfers.

If the panels for interior doors made by yourself are made of wood, it is better to use solid wood for this (this will save the home craftsman from the additional headache of creating a prefabricated chamfer). The parts are cut out of solid wood, special cuts are made along their edges, after which these elements are secured with a chamfer.

If desired, the block can be decorated with carved wooden panels. But for this, the home craftsman must have the skills to work with the special equipment used to make such an artistic ornament.

Moreover, GOST specifies that inserts can also be glass. In this case, such elements are attached to the structure using special slats and jumpers (their length depends on the size of the inserts). The technology for manufacturing paneled structures also involves the use of glass inserts with painting, however, painting on such glass must be done before the insert is installed in the block.

At the final stage of manufacturing a panel door system, you do the tinting and varnishing of the surface with your own hands.

At home, varnishing can be as follows:

transparent (only one layer of durable varnish is applied);
tinted (the canvas is covered with colored dye);
painted (apply several layers of glossy or matte varnish);
painted with a shiny finish (this effect can be achieved by applying several layers of polyurethane-based varnish to the structure).

Then, when the varnish has dried, fittings are installed on the interior doors and their installation is carried out. This design will undoubtedly become the highlight of your interior!

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Moisture is absorbed into untreated wood, and panels and dowels isolated from the external environment gradually dry out. After just a year, they will easily mix in their grooves, and the strength of the panels and frame will be compromised.

Sometimes it is easier and cheaper to make new doors than to repair old ones.

Making doors with your own hands is possible even for a novice craftsman: to create them, just follow the instructions.

We determine the dimensions of the finished canvas. To do this, we measure the door frame. The finished door should be 4 mm less than the width of the frame. At the edges you need to leave 2 mm for fit.
We apply markings on the hardboard. We cut out two blanks for the door leaf. You need to remember: the higher the quality of the fiberboard, the less labor will be required for the manufacture and subsequent finishing of the door, the longer and more reliable the door itself will be.

Making the frame yourself

For the frame it is better to take boards:

coniferous: they are less susceptible to rotting;
well dried: so that the dimensions do not change when drying.

If there are knots or minor damage on the boards, it’s okay: they won’t affect the quality of the box.

For details on the process of making door frames, see this video:

We carefully measure the height and width of the doorway, and according to its dimensions we make a frame from 50 mm timber. The width of the frame must correspond to the width of the opening. Important: gaps must be left between the finished door and the ends of the opening; this should be taken into account when assembling the frame. The free space is filled with tow (foam) and covered with platband.

It is easier for a novice craftsman to make a door from six panels. To attach them you will need:

Cut two main side posts measuring 80x50 or 100x70 (width and thickness).
Two horizontal cross members of the same width and thickness to strengthen the bottom and top.
Rail-jumper.
Four middle crossbars.

We cut out a tenon in the lintel and sawed out grooves in the side posts. Their optimal dimensions are: length 8-10 cm, width and depth - 1.5 cm. Tenons and grooves are necessary for connecting vertical and horizontal parts.

The ends of the crossbars are also ground for tenons, and chamfers are cut on their sides. The panels will be inserted here.

We make panels with our own hands

The easiest way to make them is from solid boards, and it’s cheaper to assemble them in parts, from several boards. To do this, tenons and grooves are cut out in the blanks (in a mirror order). The depth of the latter is 1.5 centimeters. If the panel is assembled from very thin boards, then instead of cutting out a tenon, you can use a connecting insert that will fasten the parts together (this will require glue). As soon as the glue has dried, we make oblique cuts along the perimeter of the panel so that the strip fits tightly into the chamfers.

For a more detailed look at the process, we recommend a 19-minute video where a professional master will tell you how to make a panel for a door:

After this, we cut out the figareas on the plane: the very decorative elements that make the paneled door, assembled in the workshop independently, unique. We carefully sand the resulting product, revealing the beauty of the wood.

Assembly of the structure

We completely assemble the door without using glue yet. We adjust all the parts, sharpen the tenons, check the joints. We trim the ends, remove everything unnecessary, in a word, we bring the door, which has not yet been glued together, into its proper form. The panels need to be aligned with the posts and secured with wooden pins. The more carefully this work is done, the more aesthetically pleasing and durable the door will be.

When all the parts are in place, the door is disassembled. An inexperienced craftsman may number the parts so as not to mix them up during the final assembly process.

All parts are coated with glue. The door is reassembled. It's time to dry. The door must be dried lying down and always under uniform pressure. Once the glue has dried, the door can be used for its intended purpose.

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Externally, paneled doors resemble a chocolate bar with slices of various shapes and sizes, but they look solid and aesthetically pleasing. Panels are separate elements that are inserted into the frame of the door leaf.

Once upon a time, paneled doors were made exclusively from solid wood, and they were installed not only in wall openings, but also as doors on furniture cabinets.

Today there are a large number of combined models on the market, the inserts of which are made from a variety of modern materials.

What are panels used for?

Interior doors are part of the interior, so their appearance is treated scrupulously.

But in addition to being attractive, they must be reliable, comfortable and durable. All these parameters correspond to door blocks with paneled leaves, the design of which can be matched to many style solutions.

The design of a paneled interior door consists of several individual parts that help maintain the rigidity and geometric stability of the leaf when the humidity or temperature conditions in the room change.

The secret is that the panel does not have a rigid fastening with strapping, and the dimensions of the fragments are somewhat smaller compared to the distance between the installation grooves.

Such a movable structure compensates for possible deformations of the manufacturing materials, as a result of which distortions of the door leaf do not occur.

An important point is the fact that interior panel doors are relatively light in weight.

At the same time, their noise insulation has quite good indicators.

Paneled panels look much more attractive than flat and milled doors with a simple pattern.

Volumetric and shaped inserts with refined lines are additionally decorated with:

moldings, which are shaped profiles;
chamfers with artistically hewn edges.

Without a doubt, the presence of panels on the door makes it more aesthetically pleasing and, despite its external massiveness, more elegant.

And the possibility of making various forms of panels and a wide selection of manufacturing materials provides a real chance of having an exclusive, presentable model of an interior door in your home. Moreover, modern technologies allow even inexpensive products to look decent.

Panel design

The sash frame is most often made of solid wood or laminated veneer lumber.

The side elements of the frame are fastened to the crossbars and mullions using spikes or dowels (chops), depending on the material of manufacture. The trim parts can have different widths and thicknesses, which should be sufficient to accommodate the panels.

Depending on the installation option and the material of the panels, the fragments are assembled into the finished frame in a workshop environment or on site. They are attached in two ways:

the elements are alternately inserted into grooves previously cut in the sidewalls, mullions and crossbars;
the inserts are fixed using decorative strips or glazing beads, like glass in window frames.
This option allows you to easily replace panels in the door leaf if any fragment is damaged or if the door design is updated.

For a paneled door, inserts are the main decoration.

The most popular materials for their manufacture are:

tree;
MDF and HDF;
glass;
plastic;
plywood;
sandwich panels with cellular core.

In the latter case, it becomes possible to purchase a paneled door at a lower price when compared with wooden counterparts. But in the design of the cheapest products, the internal space of the insert parts remains hollow.

Quite often there are models of paneled interior doors that combine inserts from different materials in one panel. For example, at the bottom of the sash there may be a solid panel made of wood or MDF, and at the top there may be glass or stained glass.

It is difficult to confuse a paneled door with any other model.

The clearly visible frame lining and thinner inserts are the characteristic features of the product that indicate its ownership from afar. It is interesting that the thickness of the volumetric (figare) panels may well be greater than the corresponding size of the skin, but their edges remain thin. Otherwise, the inserts will not be able to be fixed in the frame.

There are so-called “Pressed panel doors” on the market, but apart from the external imitation of the outlines of the inserts, they have nothing in common with real panel doors.

The buyer should remember that low-quality door leaves appear only in case of deviation from the manufacturing and assembly technology of paneled products, as well as when low-grade materials are used.

Such products may simply crumble into individual elements over time.

Often, framed doors are considered to be products with a removable frame grille installed on top of an insert that occupies the entire area of the door leaf.

This type of sashes has a completely different name and is only a stylization of panels, since a separate, independent fragment must be inserted into each cell.

Types of panels

In the manufacture of paneled doors, insert fragments are made:

smooth, having a uniform thickness over the entire area;
figariform, characterized by a convex middle part and thin edges;
floating, made from blanks of the same thickness as the frame frame.

Single panels are installed in interior doors, since they do not require additional insulation, although to improve sound insulation, double inserts are used, between which an air gap is left or a layer of sound-proofing material is laid.

Finishing of interior door leaves

Paneled doors provide two main finishing options:

solid - with the same design of all elements;
contrasting - with deliberate highlighting of panels due to color, texture or material.

The wooden surfaces of the canvases are treated with antiseptics and fire retardants, they are tinted and primed, and then painted.

Do-it-yourself wooden door manufacturing technology

Wood boards are laminated or covered with veneer made from valuable wood species, and glass is frosted, decorated with sandblasting patterns or other available methods.

There are many options, so the flight of fancy in finishing paneled doors is unlimited.

Stained glass windows look prestigious as a paneled insert in an interior door. An equally impressive decorative painting applied on both sides of the glass will help replace an expensive designer product. It is capable of creating a full-fledged imitation of stained glass.

Repair of panel doors

Even the most reliable interior door may require repair at some point.

But now we won’t talk about distortion of the canvases or wear of the hinges. For paneled doors, one of the reasons for restoration is inserted fragments, namely their loosening, cracking or the need for replacement for various reasons. And if you can try to strengthen the loose elements with glazing beads, and putty and paint over small cracks, then you will have to “conjure” the replacement of individual parts.

The repair process largely depends on the design of the door leaf, in particular, on the type of panel fastening.

To replace the fragments inserted into the grooves of the frame frame, the sash will have to be removed from its hinges and disassembled.

This should be done carefully, avoiding breaking the connecting pins and destroying the dowels. Experts recommend using old dowels mounted with glue for further assembly of the frame.

New fasteners after drying can lead to a violation of the strength characteristics of the frame. After replacing the panels, the canvas is reassembled.

If the inserts on the paneled door leaf are secured with glazing beads or decorative strips, then eliminating defects is much easier.

To do this, you don’t even need to remove the sash from its hinges, but you will need:

remove fasteners from one side of the sash;
pull out the panel to be replaced;
insert a new element;
nail or glue glazing beads, moldings or chamfers.

By the way, in terms of the material of manufacture and finishing, the installed fragments may well differ from the door frame, but only if they are all replaced.

When changing only one panel, its appearance will need to be brought as close as possible to the rest of the door elements so as not to disturb the overall harmony.

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Paneled door designs.

It should be borne in mind that the stronger the door, the more mullions, and therefore panels, there are in it; however, with an increase in the number of middles, the cost of the door increases.

Due to their frame construction, paneled doors are lightweight and have the possibility of various architectural processing of the panels.

However, the panels are very susceptible to drying out. To reduce drying, it is necessary that the direction of the wood fibers in the panel boards be parallel to the larger size of the panels, since shrinkage occurs in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the fibers.

The mating of door panels with a thickness of bars from 44 to 64 mm is made on two tenons, and with a thickness of bars from 64 mm or more - on three tenons.

To better connect the strappings, dowels are placed in the corners of the panels (in interior doors). Connecting parts without dowels is allowed only if there is selected high-quality material and exceptional care in the work.

The thickness of plywood panels is allowed to be at least 5 mm for cabinet doors and at least 8 mm for room doors, and the thickness of plank panels is at least 18 mm.

The panels can be covered on both sides with plywood; Pasting on only one side is not permitted.

Pasting of frames and mullions with valuable wood species is done exclusively with 1st and 2nd grade hide glue. Factory pasting of panels can be done with albumin, defibrated blood and casein glue. The panels are glued together from boards no more than 10 cm wide. The grooves in the frames and in the middles for inserting the panels are made with gaps opposite the size of the panels of 2-3 cm.

Before inserting panels into the frame, the grooves are cleaned.

The layouts framing the panels are attached with glue, screws or studs to the frames of the door panels or the end-and-half strips; attaching them or gluing them to plank panels is not allowed. The panel field must have angles of 90°; the dimensions of the opposite sides of the panels may differ from one another by no more than 2 mm. No adhesives should get into the grooves for the panels.

The panels are connected to the frames in the following ways: 1) using tongues (Fig.

268, fig. 1 and 4); 2) using tongues and layouts (Fig. 268, Fig. 7); 3) using half-end slats and layouts (Fig. 268, Fig. 10). Half-end slats are inserted with glue into the tongues of the strappings. To reduce the effect of drying out, maintain unchangeable shape and ease of processing, half-end slats have the direction of the fibers at an angle of 30 - 60°.

The panels can be connected directly to the frames (Fig.

268, fig. 1, 4, 7 and 10) or through frames into which panels are inserted (Fig. 269, Fig. 6 and 9). Connections using half-end slats give the same cross-section of strapping in the blind and glazed parts (Fig. 268, Fig. 7, 8, 10 and 11).

This solution greatly simplifies production and makes it possible to thread the strapping along its entire length without stopping the machine. In addition, the use of a frame enriches the design of the door.

In the case of solving the doors shown in Fig. 261 (Fig. 1 and 2), with glazing instead of the trim profiles shown in Fig. 268 (Fig. 1 and 4), profiles with a layout are used to strengthen the glass (Fig. 268, Fig. 2 and 5). Glazing of panel doors (Fig. 260, Fig. 12) is carried out by using the parts shown in Fig.

270 (Figs. 4 and 5).

Layouts for fastening panels and glass are made ordinary (Fig. 268, figs. 2 and 5) or with overlay (Fig. 268, figs 7, 8, 10 and 11). Half-end slats are made in one row (Fig. 268, Fig. 8, 10 and 11) or in two rows (Fig. 269, Fig. 5). The sockets of glazed doors are most often made in the form of saddles (Fig.

268, fig. 6, 9, 12 and fig. 269, fig. 3 and 8).

Comparing the above solutions for fastening the panel in the harness, the following advantages and disadvantages of these solutions should be noted.

A one-piece strapping profile (without layouts) with a smooth board panel is very simple and cheap to produce.

However, the profile with a half-shaft (Fig. 268, Fig. 1) creates difficulties in pairing the slab with the frame (in glazed doors) when manufacturing doors at woodworking plants; in profiles with straight lines, these difficulties disappear. Door designs with profiled panels (Fig. 268, Fig. 4) with a solid frame profile have the same advantages and disadvantages as with smooth panels.

Doors with figurine panels are richer in design, but more expensive.

In the design of double-leaf doors, the solution of the vestibule is of great importance.

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The porches are used in three types: with a cover (Fig. 268, Fig. 3), with a camouflage trim (Fig. 270, Fig. 2) and smooth (Fig. 279, Fig. 6). The best solution is a design with a flashing, which provides greater density of the narthex and tight cover of the lock bolt.

The folding of the rebate is usually carried out so that two folded folded frames of panel doors are 10 mm less than twice the width of the frame (Fig.

261, fig. 1, 2 and 3). Therefore, the above dimensions for the width of double-leaf doors of 1290 and 1390 mm are obtained as the sum of the dimensions of two leaves with dimensions of 650 and 700 mm, minus 10 mm for folding the rebate.

The fold of the narthex is made slightly beveled. To accommodate the lock strip, one of the rebate plates is made at least 30 mm wide.

Panel door design.

In recent years, smooth panel doors, shown in Fig. 260 (Figs 9 - 12), have begun to be widely used.

Smooth panel doors have a good appearance when covered with plywood made from valuable wood species with a selection of patterns; they can be easily decorated with profiled layouts (Fig. 269, Fig. 10 and Fig. 270, Figs. 3, 4 and 6).

When gluing panel doors with valuable plywood or veneer in two layers, the door panel consists of 5 layers with different fiber directions, which protects it from warping and drying out and makes it especially durable.

The front layers of plywood can be made of alder, birch or pine, as well as from valuable wood species (veneered plywood), which provides a variety of appearance of the board.

The edges of the shield are covered with bars made of pine or a species corresponding to the front layer of plywood. The bars are connected to the shield using dowels on glue (Fig. 270, Fig. 1).

Doors made of valuable species.

Doors made of valuable wood are usually covered with a pine base.

Doors made from solid valuable wood are rare, as they require a large consumption of valuable wood. Only the exterior doors of buildings of special significance are made integral; In this case, the boxes are also made with lining. The protruding part of the threshold with a depth of 10 - 15 mm into the floor is made solid (Fig. 272, Fig. 4, dotted line).

Door frames and internal door panels are covered with plywood 1.2 - 5.0 mm thick.

The edges of the door panels are lined with solid strips of valuable rock 10 mm thick to prevent chipping of the corners of the edges and to cover the ends of the tenons of the vertical edges. Layouts, glazing beads and skirting boards are made in one piece. Platbands and bedside tables can be solid or glued. Boxes are made exclusively with veneer with a plywood thickness of 5 mm. Pasting is carried out only on the outer surfaces of the boxes with a depth of 10 - 15 mm into the plaster.

External doors are covered in the same way as internal ones, but with thicker sawn plywood (5 - 10 mm).

The thickness of the plywood can sometimes be increased to 15 mm depending on operating conditions and to protect the door from rain (Fig. 271, Fig. 1-3). External doors should be glued using casein or albumin waterproof adhesives.

When gluing frames and panels of high-quality doors, glued plywood, linden or alder, is used in one or two layers, each 2-3 mm thick (Fig.

271, fig. 8 and 10). Adhesive plywood is glued to the pine base, and finishing plywood made of valuable species is glued over it.

The direction of the fibers of the adhesive plywood in relation to the finishing plywood is perpendicular. Linden and alder plywood provide very little deformation and protect the base and finishing plywood from warping.

Door frames.

Door leaves are hung on door frames, fixed in the doorways of walls and partitions.

The installation of the box in stone walls is shown in Fig. 258 (Fig. 1-9), and in the partitions - in Fig. 279 (Fig. 7).

Frames for internal doors, as a rule, are made without a threshold (Fig. 258, Fig. 8). The widths of frame bars for internal doors are taken depending on the thickness of the partitions (Fig.

272, fig. 4), and with a partition thickness of more than 120 mm, the boxes can be made composite (Fig. 272, Fig. 5). The pairing of the upper corners of the boxes is shown in Fig. 272 (Figs. 6 and 7).

Installation of thresholds.

Doors are made with or without thresholds. Thresholds are installed in cases where the following requirements are imposed on the door: thermal insulation, high sound insulation, sealing and fire resistance.

The threshold should rise above the floor by no more than 20 - 25 mm.

Consideration should be given to laying a carpet in front of the door. To reduce the height of the threshold, in some cases the floors are made at different levels, and the difference in levels should not exceed 2-3 cm, and the threshold should not rise above the floor by more than 2-3 cm (Fig.

272, fig. 3 and 4).

Thresholds with different floor levels are made in external doors and entrance doors to the apartment from the staircase (Fig. 272, Fig. 4 and Fig. 258, Fig.

The gap in doors without a threshold between the door and the floor is taken to be 8 mm; when passing carpets under doors - 18 mm (Fig. 272, Fig. 2 and 8); in bathroom doors - also 18 mm.

To prevent wear of the thresholds, the width of their jaws is made as large as possible, for which the thresholds cut into the door leaf (Fig.

272, fig. 3 and 4 and fig. 258, fig. 2 and 5). In addition, for the same purpose, the thresholds of external doors are covered with sheet copper.

To improve sound insulation between the interiors of buildings with increased insulation requirements, strips of rubber, leather or canvas are sometimes inserted into the bottom bar of doors without thresholds (Fig. 271, Fig. 12).

Soundproofing doors

In Fig. 271 (Fig. 13) shows a door design that provides increased sound insulation; the canvas is made in the form of a dense massive shield; gaskets are provided in the vestibules (made of rubber, flannel, braid, woolen or cotton cords); Cardboard or canvas with putty is laid under the platbands.

The gap between the box and the partition requires careful caulking. The junctions of the platbands with the boxes and plaster are carefully puttied. With this door design, the installation of thresholds is mandatory.

Platbands and bedside tables.

To cover the gap between the frame and the plaster of the partition or wall, as well as to decorate the opening, platbands are used, which are made whole or glued together from parts (Fig.

273, fig. 5-8). The platbands are attached at an equal distance from the edges of the box (Fig. 273, Fig. 6) or at an equal distance from the door panels, and in the latter case, the boxes are sometimes made with a profile (Fig. 271, Fig. 14). The first solution is used more often.

The overlap of the platbands on the plaster is made at least 10 mm. The offset of the casing from the inner edges of the box or quarter (if there are no corresponding special instructions in the working drawings) is determined at 8-15 mm.

Along the entire perimeter of the casing, the indentation is made the same and is checked by plumb and level. The corners of the platbands are carefully mated along the bisector of the corner and smoothed with sandpaper. The platbands are made no thinner than 13 mm and are secured with screws or nails.

To connect the platbands to the floor and baseboards, bedside tables are used. The height of the baseboards and bedside tables is determined by architectural requirements, and the width and thickness are determined by the cross-section of the platband with a protrusion of 3-4 mm (Fig.

273, fig. 5, 7 and 8). Nightstands are attached with at least two nails or screws. Skirting boards made of valuable wood are connected along the length at an angle (Fig. 273, Fig. 1); the usual connection of skirting boards is carried out with a direct joint (Fig. 273, Fig. 2).

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White solid paneled doors

The 3P panel door kit includes:

Matti-ovi door leaf with rebate, U-shaped door frame, FISKARS FT-65 hinges and built-in ABLOY 2014 latch lock mechanism .

White paneled doors 3P– one of the best solutions for an apartment, house or office.

DIY paneled doors

Interesting and beautiful panels will make the door not so strict and boring, and the high quality of real Finnish doors from the manufacturer will allow you not only to insulate the room, but also to make it more comfortable and quiet for many years of service of these doors.

Paneled doors 3P can be of different sizes and colors - this will help you choose a door that perfectly matches the interior and design of the room, and maintain the color balance in the room.

House, office or apartment - it doesn’t matter in which doorway these doors will be installed - in any case, they will serve as its protection and decoration at the same time.

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Include its type of assembly among the factors that determine the appearance and performance of an interior design. The lining of the neck is reflected in the relief created by the panels, creating a more expansive and elegant appearance rather than a smooth sheet.

Although this solution does correspond to a modern interior, although its main area of use is the solemn and durable composition of “historical” trends. If you want to appreciate the classic charm of this type of product, please let the Academy brand catalogue.

Models are presented in the series:

Zeus are stark yet elegant pieces with rectangular panels that evoke the purity of white and the simple yet sophisticated charm of neoclassicism;
Leon - observed black and white cervical leaves, decorated with gold leaf and transformed into a sparkling and luxurious "imperial" style;
Venera Classic - stylish and lightweight models with smooth lines of cartridges that reflect the characteristics of the French classics;
Piemonte is a veneered leaf that combines rich rich wood tones with a stagnant finish.
The most profitable, they will join the decoration of an authoritative office or library.

Manufacturing method with plate

The product consists of various individual elements - this is its main characteristic.

Previously, this procedure was done manually because it was requested by the top carpenter. Modern factories offer the purchase of panel door panels produced using high-precision automated equipment.

Model includes:

components of a belt that has an external device. It consists of two vertical and two horizontal plates, and the lower part protrudes for greater rigidity;
average size - one, two, more.
The plates that divide the space inside the frame are usually thinner than the straps. Inside them, the gutters are designed for attaching cartridges;
Fillet, the number varies from one to infinity. As a rule, there are no more than eight of them. Blind elements and glass are used;
glazing beads that hide the slots between the frame and the insert - narrow strips, often with some relief or decoration.

Obviously, the design of the structure is a complex process, so the price of the door leaf is not the lowest.

However, the material chosen greatly influences the costs. Options from the field belong to the premium segment and are not available to everyone. And products made from a combination of softwood and MDF can be afforded by a person of any income.

Practical advantages of the tool

Created by a combination of various components, the model is known for its strength and impact resistance.

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Damage or destruction of sheets with panel doors is possible only with a strong effect. Equally important is the ability of the solutions to withstand climate flies. Due to the microscopic gap between the elements of the device, they can respond to changes in the environment without deformation.

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The design of many modern rooms has one common element. They are interior doors of a special type that have inserts into the leaf, called panels. The abundance of options in shape and material makes the manufacture of panel doors interesting and exciting. Next, we will consider in more detail about the features of the process, materials and tools.

Structurally, the door is a frame structure, the timber frame of which is filled with inserts made of various materials. Among the most common of them are the following:

Plywood;
Glass;
Massive panel made of wooden panels.

To install and fix inserts into the door structure in the pillar (vertical) and transverse (horizontal) bars, it is necessary to manufacture longitudinal grooves of the appropriate width and depth. In this case, the filling elements of the door leaf can be installed directly during the production and assembly of the door using glue or fixed on one side with shaped glazing beads secured with nails without heads.

While making inserts into a door leaf from glass and sheet wood materials with your own hands is not particularly difficult, the production of panel panels is a rather complex process and requires special tools and devices.

Selecting material for the panel

Quality material is one of the most important aspects of work

More than twenty different types of wood are used in modern carpentry. Each of them has certain properties, aesthetic and technological features. Both soft and hard wood species are used to make doors. The first group includes pine, linden, and aspen. The second - oak, beech, mahogany.

Coniferous doors are most common in modern, inexpensive interiors. Pine is installed in residential and administrative buildings, linden and aspen, characterized by high moisture resistance, are installed in baths, saunas, and steam rooms. Their production is not difficult; their low strength does not require frequent sharpening and adjustment of the cutting tool. The cost of pine wood materials makes it possible to make relatively inexpensive products that are affordable to every ordinary buyer, including with your own hands.

Doors made of hardwood have a higher cost due to the high hardness of the material and the complexity of the processing process. Oak or beech lumber is significantly more expensive than softwood lumber. The cost of mahogany wood exceeds them due to the additional costs of sea transportation. These aspects classify doors made from solid wood as elite products available to a limited number of buyers.

We make a shield for the panel. Preparation of material

A classic solid wood panel is a laminated board made from edged boards of a certain thickness. You can do it yourself, provided you have experience working with wood and the necessary hand and mechanical tools. We begin the manufacturing process with the selection of lumber.

It is better to use fresh, well-dried wood for the production of doors. Its technological humidity should be 8-12%. Only in this case can we guarantee the absence of mechanical stress in the finished panel, which can ultimately lead to the formation of cracks and destruction of the panel.

We cut the boards with an allowance of at least 10 cm to the required length of the board. This can be done manually, on a circular or miter saw. After this, they must be carefully planed along the sides and edges. You can perform this stage of work yourself with a hand plane or jointer, but it is better to use mechanical devices - an electric planer or a jointer. After processing, the edges of the parts must be strictly perpendicular to the faces and have a rectilinear shape without depressions or humps.

The ideal tool for preparing parts for subsequent gluing is a thickness planer. They come in one, two, and four sides. The best and most expensive are representatives of the last group of instruments. After thicknessing, the edges will be ideal in shape and strictly parallel to each other.

Shield gluing technology

In order to make a high-quality wooden shield with your own hands, you will need good wood glue. Binder production in our country is well developed; in addition, there is a large selection of imported analogues. Before use, you must check the quality of the available glue. To do this, they connect two unnecessary pieces of wood and check the strength of the connection under impact load. A good cool weld should take a beating. Possible destruction can only occur along the wood fibers.

To glue the shield together, you will need clamping devices called clamps or clamps, which you can purchase ready-made or make yourself. There are two types of them used - screw and wedge. In the first, the compression of the parts to be glued occurs due to the rotation of the threaded screw, in the second - due to the hammering of the wedge stop. Using any type you can obtain a high quality connection.

Apply glue to the edges of the prepared boards and distribute it evenly using a brush or flat spatula. We lay the boards close to each other so that the edge with glue of one part is in contact with the dry edge of the other. Next, we compress the shield until the glue is partially squeezed out of the seams and leave until the glue dries completely, usually for 12-24 hours.

After gluing, the finished fabric must be planed with your own hands. A wide-format thicknesser with a planing width of up to 600 mm will help ensure ideal flatness of the part. Instead, you can sand the blade with an electric planer or belt sander.

Processing the edges of the shield. Easy way

A feature of the classic laminated panel is the edges beveled along the radius, smoothly turning into longitudinal ridges. During assembly, they are inserted into grooves of the appropriate shape and size, usually without glue. This must be done so that the wood can “breathe”, slightly changing its size without the threat of destruction.

You can make radial bevels on the edges of the future panel with your own hands in several ways. The first, the simplest and most accessible, involves the use of a stop and a stationary circular saw. If you don’t have a circular saw, you can fix an electric circular saw on the table.

The saw blade should protrude by 10-15 mm, no more. It is better to start with a 5 mm lift and gradually increase it. The stop is installed perpendicular to the blade at the maximum point of its lifting at an angle to the plane of the disk of 60°. By moving the glued blade at the required angle to the direction of rotation, its edge will be cut along an arc of a circle, the diameter of which is equal to the diameter of the saw. Having practiced beforehand, you can make a very high-quality door panel with your own hands.

After fairly rough processing with a saw blade, you will need to qualitatively polish the resulting bevel. To do this, you can use sandpaper glued to a mandrel of a suitable shape or a sander.

Processing the edges of the shield. The hard way

The use of a milling machine will allow you to obtain high-quality bevels of more complex shapes. There are special sets of cutters for making paneled doors with your own hands. The cutting tool for processing bevels is called a figurine cutter. This name comes from the name of the plane, which was used in the old days to make panels with your own hands without power tools.

Modern production does not involve extensive use of manual labor. They try to minimize such operations using various mechanisms and power tools. A milling machine with straight and reverse curved cutters will allow you to make a curved edge of the shield and door bars. The high rotation speed of the cutting tool allows for minimal roughness of the machined surface, which reduces the time of subsequent grinding.

Application of panels

Furniture production involves the widespread use of panels in the manufacture of a large number of different products. They are installed in the doors of kitchen units, cabinets, walls and cabinets. Even wall panels used to decorate rooms are decorated with similar complex-shaped details.

Currently, valuable wood species are increasingly used in the production of doors, which indicates an increase in the purchasing power of the population. At the same time, the possibility of renting professional tools and the availability of oak and beech wood can allow any home craftsman to make original panels for himself.

Despite the emergence of new, more modern materials, wooden door leaves continue to be valued and remain in demand. But our task is not to list the advantages of wooden doors, but to tell you how to make a door from boards yourself at home. We hope this guide will help you get around the only drawback of purchased products - the high cost.

Choosing a door leaf design

When making and installing doors yourself, it is worth observing the principle of expediency. For example, the entrance door is made strong and massive, the interior door is made lighter and more openwork. That is, the choice of design and consumption of lumber depends on the purpose of the product.

There are 3 types of wooden canvases:

Made from solid wood (solid boards).
Paneled doors are assembled from individual parts cut from boards. The lamellas, fastened with glue, create a relief pattern with multidirectional wood fibers.
A budget option is a panel design. It is a frame made of timber, upholstered with any suitable finish - plywood, fiberboard, MDF or thin metal. Sound insulation is placed in the internal cavity.

This is what door panels made from boards look like

The massive sash shown in the photo above is a canvas made of planed boards of one size, reinforced with stiffening ribs. Depending on the installation location, the door can be decorated with carved elements, covered with clapboard, or artificially aged and varnished.

The scope of application of massive products is quite wide - the simplest structures are placed in a barn, cellar or. If the canvas is decorated and insulated properly, the door will fit perfectly at the entrance to a private house.

Standard panel doors

Paneled doors are used as a second entrance door to an apartment, and are also installed in interior openings. In a country house, a blank sheet can be placed at the entrance to a technical room - a boiler room, a storage room or a descent to the basement.

Reference. There is a combined type of panel construction, where a box is formed from a wooden beam, and the inserts (panels) are made of MDF or plastic panels that imitate wood fibers. Another design option is to insert clear or frosted glass.

Panel (frame) doors are used everywhere, except for the entrance to the home. The design is lightweight and easy to assemble. Advantages of panel sheets:

low price;
the possibility of using various upholstery - fiberboard, thin OSB boards, laminate and iron sheets;
Sound insulation is placed in the cavity or hidden insulation is made.

Harvesting lumber

To make a simple panel door with your own hands, it is enough to find a beam 25-40 mm wide for assembling the frame. The quality and type of wood does not play a big role - spruce, pine and other materials available on the farm will do. Here it is important to choose external decor - cladding that hides external defects of the frame.

When selecting materials for assembling a paneled or solid door, consider several useful recommendations:

You need to know the shape and dimensions of the future door, determined by the installed door frame.
Choose the type of wood in accordance with the allocated budget. An important nuance is that the wood must be dried, otherwise the homemade canvas will warp.
Check the curvature of the boards by laying them on a flat surface. Reject products that are curved.
The thickness of the boards for interior doors is 25-30 mm, for entrance doors - 5-6 cm.
Don’t forget to consider the option of finishing the slopes - prepare wooden trims or buy a ready-made kit made of plastic or MDF panels.

Reminder. When choosing lumber to fill arched openings, add a margin along the length of the boards for sawing.

In the process of preparing materials, take care of purchasing all the necessary small things:

door handles, latches and locks;
at the entrance from the street it is advisable to install a door closer or a simple limiter;
It is better to equip the balcony door with a ball lock;
You will need to stick a sealant on the porches of street and bath sheets;
To close a cellar, you need a latch or steel rings for a barn lock.

Option for sliding doors for a barn or garage

A typical decoration for swinging wooden doors is the application of 2-3 layers of varnish. You can choose a colorless composition or a darkened one to make the canvas “antique”. Be sure to buy any antiseptic for primary wood treatment.

We make doors from solid wood

It is not difficult to guess that for the job you will need a set of carpentry tools shown in the photo. A good addition would be an electric planer, a hand router and a mechanical saw. Measuring devices are required - a square, a tape measure and a level to check the plane.

From tongue-and-groove boards 5-6 cm thick you will get a good-quality wooden entrance door, assembled and lined with your own hands. But since it is not always possible to cut tenons and grooves at the ends of lumber at home, we will consider the technology for making doors from ordinary boards. They are combined into a solid structure using three trapezoidal cross-sections.

The crossbars are driven into matching grooves of identical shape and serve as reliable stoppers for all elements. Thanks to this technique, the holders recessed into the grooves are half hidden and do not protrude from the back of the canvas. Canopies for mounting doors are screwed to the same parts.

The step-by-step assembly technology looks like this:

Advice. To prevent the boards from moving during work, secure them to the table with clamps and place a wooden plank on top.

Turn the finished canvas face up and carefully treat the surface, achieving maximum smoothness and absence of changes. Then move on to mortising locks, handles and awnings. Perform the design at your own discretion - for example, cut out an unusual design with a router and cover the surfaces with varnish. The back part can be covered with chipboard and covered with dermantine.

Panel assembly technology

Making frame doors is simple and profitable - little materials are consumed, and defects in wooden elements will be hidden by the outer cladding. Moreover, the inner part can actually be made up of uneven and cracked beams; the main thing is to accurately maintain the dimensions and make a strong frame.

The manufacturing procedure for a panel door looks like this:

Further cladding is done at your request. It is enough to cover the lining with two layers of varnish; the plywood should be finished with laminated fiberboard, plastic panels or other decorative material. How to make a simple panel door with foam insulation, watch the video:

Manufacturing of paneled sashes

Making a full-fledged panel door at home is quite difficult. Since the elements are joined using grooves, tenons and various cutouts, you will need woodworking equipment - a machine or a circular saw.

To reduce the cost of assembly, make a drawing of a simplified design with two large panels and contact craftsmen who have the necessary machines. They will cut the required parts from the boards, and you will do the assembly yourself.

The technology is similar to the production of frame fabric:

When finished, thoroughly sand the finished canvas and seal it with varnish. If you want to darken (age) the wood, then it is better to perform the operation before installing the panels. This way you can avoid gaps and light stripes in the corners. Watch the process of assembling a simple panel door in the next video:

Conclusion

Without carpentry experience and good tools, you are unlikely to be able to assemble a flawless product. If the door looks unsightly, do not be discouraged - minor defects can be easily hidden with the help of cladding. It is important to maintain the dimensions and prevent the canvas from skewing - check the length of the diagonals several times during the manufacturing process of the frame. Do not forget to treat the wood with an antiseptic - this will extend the life of the product.