swing out garage doors

[bell1423]

built some swingout garage doors ,each door ,height 6'8" x 5' 2" width,works very good ,closes tight .building size 12ft wide by 22 ft long. a place to play with my car and keep it out of the rain.not having that much spare money, built it all ,for around 2 to 3 thousand ,by myself .not a carpenter ,not perfect, but does the job. ran my own electricity ,used buried service wire connected from my outside box on my house ,conduit up from the ground,run wire in the ceiling and connected lights and on an off swithches . building very strong ,cemented posts and all around the whole thing ground up.couple of pictures of one of my cars.

 

[Frank Elson]

nice work !

 

[sammerdog]

Beautiful 67 and excellent job on the garage. Was the garage initially shorter and then two foot added to the front?

The doors are cool - give it somewhat of a "ranch" effect - like a wild Mustang is in it's corral waiting to get out!

 

[thdewey]

Great job on those doors. Nice stall for that beautiful 'stang!

 

[wantedabiggergarage]

What made you go with that style of hinge?
How are the doors constructed? (mortise and tennon, glued and screwed, etc)

 

[bell1423]

Beautiful 67 and excellent job on the garage. Was the garage initially shorter and then two foot added to the front?

The doors are cool - give it somewhat of a "ranch" effect - like a wild Mustang is in it's corral waiting to get out!

yes it was 20 ft. also have extra room,not shown, in rear left ,6ft 9" ht ,6 ft width , 4 ft out ,from building side ,for tool bench an extra space.also on the left side front ,also not shown in picture ,one small section not done ,plan to add the same thing there ,with a air condition installed .i have a ft in height , about 5 inch across cement barrier from the ground all around the building ,no water comes in at all with that .

 

[bell1423]

What made you go with that style of hinge?
How are the doors constructed? (mortise and tennon, glued and screwed, etc)

the whole building is done in treated lumber ,walls ceiling doors .i added the thin installation to the treated lumber on the outside and then put the siding on .no painting at all .the basic structure,the roof and wooden treated lumber sides , have been there for five years ,with no problems .all of my posts are about a ft or more in the ground and cemented .was covering the front with a plactic cover ,along with one third of the sides.was busy working then and planned on finishing when i retired ,which is what ive been doing now .