earl84
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I have installed several interior and exterior doors, but they were in typical stick built homes. I am being asked to install an exterior man door into a beautiful timber frame barn. It was going to be just a shop on the lower level, and small living quarters upstairs, but the new owner is converting the lower level into living quarters. I am very hesitant to do this.
It is already sheathed with board and batten on the exterior, spray foam the entire thickness of the wall, and tongue and groove on the interior. Based on fixing a doggie door, it appears that horizontal girls are 4 x 4’s.
So my questions: 1. Will there be girts found at each spot where the board and batten are nailed?
2. If I cut the rough opening out, can I just gouge out the spray foam, install framing members to the girts and sheathing/ tongue and groove, and actually expect it to be strong enough for the subsequent slamming of the door.
3. Any other, most likely better ideas, haha?
Sorry, I don’t have any pics. And sorry if some of my terminology isn’t correct. BTW, I’m in Colorado at 7,000 feet, just got a foot of snow last night, which hopefully can help extinguish some of our wildfires.
It is already sheathed with board and batten on the exterior, spray foam the entire thickness of the wall, and tongue and groove on the interior. Based on fixing a doggie door, it appears that horizontal girls are 4 x 4’s.
So my questions: 1. Will there be girts found at each spot where the board and batten are nailed?
2. If I cut the rough opening out, can I just gouge out the spray foam, install framing members to the girts and sheathing/ tongue and groove, and actually expect it to be strong enough for the subsequent slamming of the door.
3. Any other, most likely better ideas, haha?
Sorry, I don’t have any pics. And sorry if some of my terminology isn’t correct. BTW, I’m in Colorado at 7,000 feet, just got a foot of snow last night, which hopefully can help extinguish some of our wildfires.