jives
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In preparation for our spring, 2015, garage build, I am collecting items for
finishing off the building. A local Amish crew will build the structure,
including slab. I will provide electrical, insulation, and interior finish. The
garage will have both standard outside girts and commercial girts 2' OC to
facilitate interior finish.
For finish, I have acquired (and getting more), old sliding closet doors from
a local college that is swapping them out of their dorms. These doors are
7'8" tall, 22" wide, 1 1/8" solid core (they weigh 60 lbs each), with a veneer
finish. Minimal hardware on the face (the recessed door pull is on one side,
they can be turned around for a non-marred face). These doors are $1.00
each. Yes, a buck. When all said and done, I'll end up using about 80 of
them. My plan is to set them on the narrow end on a 4" wide "baseboard"
to raise them up and run them vertical to 8 feet. Stand them up side by
side around the interior. Weight is held by the floor through the baseboard;
they will be screwed to the girts. They will require the use of extended
length electrical receptacles. Above the door slabs I'll finish off the walls
with steel.
Questions: I thought about a bit of construction adhesive along the edges
of each panel butted up against one another. Not sure why, other than to
stiffen the wall. Thoughts?
Q2: Do you see any problems with attaching cabinets directly to the door slabs, without having to hit a girt beneath?
Q3: I may want to stain the panels, but that would require sanding the
panels to roughen up the polyurethane (or varnish of some sort). Any ideas
for sprucing them up (they were in a dorm, after all)?
Q4: Do you foresee any difficulties with this plan?
finishing off the building. A local Amish crew will build the structure,
including slab. I will provide electrical, insulation, and interior finish. The
garage will have both standard outside girts and commercial girts 2' OC to
facilitate interior finish.
For finish, I have acquired (and getting more), old sliding closet doors from
a local college that is swapping them out of their dorms. These doors are
7'8" tall, 22" wide, 1 1/8" solid core (they weigh 60 lbs each), with a veneer
finish. Minimal hardware on the face (the recessed door pull is on one side,
they can be turned around for a non-marred face). These doors are $1.00
each. Yes, a buck. When all said and done, I'll end up using about 80 of
them. My plan is to set them on the narrow end on a 4" wide "baseboard"
to raise them up and run them vertical to 8 feet. Stand them up side by
side around the interior. Weight is held by the floor through the baseboard;
they will be screwed to the girts. They will require the use of extended
length electrical receptacles. Above the door slabs I'll finish off the walls
with steel.
Questions: I thought about a bit of construction adhesive along the edges
of each panel butted up against one another. Not sure why, other than to
stiffen the wall. Thoughts?
Q2: Do you see any problems with attaching cabinets directly to the door slabs, without having to hit a girt beneath?
Q3: I may want to stain the panels, but that would require sanding the
panels to roughen up the polyurethane (or varnish of some sort). Any ideas
for sprucing them up (they were in a dorm, after all)?
Q4: Do you foresee any difficulties with this plan?
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