DON"T MENTION DOORS !!

I don't know where this last week has gone !!!

Some commercial work to keep the wolves from the door . . .

It's that time of the year when all the big bills come in . . .
and of course the "tax man" needs to know where it all went
and he'd like his bit first "thank you very much"!!

I decided also that I really didn't want to make mistakes on this bit so a cautious approach was adopted.
Bit unusual for me - however "softly, softly . . ."

I was concerned about getting the hinges in the right place.
As they were all to be held in with "rivnuts" -
the rivnuts had to be in the right place!
I decided to put in all the rivnuts in the door while I was constructing it as they could be placed exactly before the door was covered and hung - and if it all went wrong the other three screws per hinge (9 in all) would hold it adequately after adjustment.
So the system went like this:
. fit the centre hinge to the door EXACTLY in the centre of the door,
. fit the centre hinge on the frame EXACTLY in the centre of the frame,
(this should give an even gap top and bottom)
. fit the outside hinges on the door exactly 800 mm from the centre,
. mark the outside hinges on the frame exactly 800 mm from the centre,
. hang the door on the centre hinge only and check the position of the markings against the hinges on the door,























. if the markings are all in alignment -
fit the top and bottom hinges to the frame.























Also the handle/locking mechanism can be fitted and the striker plate positioned from the lock.
"et voila"























Of course nothing is that simple . . . .
First you make it then you spend the rest of the week getting it right !!
Somehow the door got twisted and now the hinges are out of line and the edges don't close evenly and, ... and ...