Carpentry question?

[49994]

I used the sliding closet doors like orcus recommended at my last house in the garage. I think they were around $100 at menards, easy to install.

 

[NDSportsman]

$200 buy one or two of these

I'll be able to fit 3 of those in what I'm building for a hell of a lot less then $200!

 

[NDSportsman]

Thought I'd post an update, I couldn't find any premade bi-fold doors big enough locally so I decided to make my own. Had a few issues getting them mounted but they turned out pretty nice I think. Might add a few more amenities here or there but overall I'm pretty happy with it.

 

[Zogman]

​very nice!

 

[eyexer]

Damn nice

 

[BrokenBackJack]

Looks good but you will need a support for the wooden clothes hanging bar where the Orange jackets are. Starting to sag now and will only get worse especially with humidity.
Nice work!

 

[guywhofishes]

take the boxes of shotgun shells out of the jackets

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I would have made 1/3 of it full length hang closet

for hanging my negligees etc.

 

[NDSportsman]

Looks good but you will need a support for the wooden clothes hanging bar where the Orange jackets are. Starting to sag now and will only get worse especially with humidity.
Nice work!

Yeah I plan to do that or switch to a piece of pipe. Thumbs Up

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take the boxes of shotgun shells out of the jackets

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I would have made 1/3 of it full length hang closet

for hanging my negligees etc.

Haha was debating that but thought the shelf space would be more important. Now I kind of wish I had stuck to having the second shelf above the clothes hanger like I originally planned. Oh well it's still functional.

 

[JayKay]

Yeah I plan to do that or switch to a piece of pipe. Thumbs Up


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Haha was debating that but thought the shelf space would be more important. Now I kind of wish I had stuck to having the second shelf above the clothes hanger like I originally planned. Oh well it's still functional.

Are you in Bismarck? I have some 1.25" and 1.5"ish aluminum tubing that works great for this. You can have some.

 

[NDSportsman]

Are you in Bismarck? I have some 1.25" and 1.5"ish aluminum tubing that works great for this. You can have some.

No but thanks for the offer. I work for a steel fab company anyway. Thumbs Up

 

[LBrandt]

Not bad at all.:;:thumbsup

 

[tikkalover]

Nice! What kind of wood did you make the doors out of?

 

[Bacon]

That’s one thing I wish I would have learned to do is wood work. I can tackle about anything mechanical but I’m the shits working with wood.

 

[lunkerslayer]

I too would install bifold doors. You can get them anywhere from 24" wide, to 72" wide. The smaller ones will have two panels, and will open to one side or the other. I think, beyond 48", they open to both sides.

I thought they'd be difficult to install, until I put them in front of my furnace area a couple years ago. They're very easy.

Louvered ones allow for ventilation. Pine is the cheapest, if I recall. I painted mine gray with a couple cans of spray paint.

And they look good too.

Thats neat like juanr would say if he could say it in a gif or a meme

 

[NDSportsman]

Nice! What kind of wood did you make the doors out of?

It's pine, cheap but looks good.

 

[lunkerslayer]

That’s one thing I wish I would have learned to do is wood work. I can tackle about anything mechanical but I’m the shits working with wood.

If you can read a tape measure your half way there also there are literally 1000's of videos on how to projects. Biggest challenge is having the right tools to do the projects, a mechanic would say there is no such thing a too many tools which the same statement can be said of a carpenter. So if you don't have a specialty tool to do a project you can always rent it from a hardware store like hanks, Menard, or lowes. Take your time measure twice cut once

 

[wslayer]

Looks awesome. . . I need to get things a bit more organized. Early Alzheimer's setting in half the time I swear. Can't find shit when wanted.
Kinda scary.

 

[Wirehair]

Wanting to construct a storage / workshop building SE of Bismarck. Am thinking around 40 x 60 or a bit larger. Any suggestions on pole barn vs traditional build. I would like to install floor (hot water) heat and partition about 800 sq ft for a workshop. Any suggestions on design or hiring a contractor would be greatly appreciated.

 

[TFX 186]

Wire,
I don't want to pour water on your project but you might want to go to a reputable lumber yard and get material priced out comparing pole barn vs traditional. I was in our local lumber yard and the manager told me that material costs are up about 260%. And continuing to rise monthly. Might not be a great time to be doing a big building project? Covid caused shortages, low worker numbers, fires in some logging locations and other reasons for cost increases. Just a thought moving forward. Good Luck!

Fish On!

 

[Wirehair]

TF,
Have been watching lumber prices skyrocket. I had Bismarck Lumber provide a materials estimate last spring and should have pulled the trigger then. Would at least like to connect with a contractor that does this sort of thing to get a ballpark price. Thanks!