Timber Exterior Door Design
This covers the design and construction of our timber front door in great detail. All the dimensions and construction tehniques complete with video for a 'step by step' guide.
Front Door - the conception
We need a new Front Door. We know what we want, Victorian style, four panel, top two panels glazed with leaded glass. Can we buy what we want of the shelf? No! Can we afford to have what we want specially made? at £500 to £600 No!
So another job for me to get cracking on with.
Firstly to get get the job signed off by my own personal conservation officer (the other half). I spent some time trying to work out how to use Google SketchUp. After a few hours I managed a reasonable visual representation.
It was enough to get the approval but I've not got the skills to tweak the proportions or work up the details. So literally “back to the drawing board”.
By the time I had drawn this the misses had been on ebay and bought antique door furniture so they have been incorporated. I think the knocker needs to be a little higher.
In the next section I cover the design some of the design considerations and proportions using the golden ratio.
Next - Timber Door Design and Proportions
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