Making An Exterior Dutch Door

Diy exterior dutch door.

Making an exterior dutch door.

Building 4 x7 pine dutch door. Rather than adding a baby gate which never works well we decided to build a dutch door and just close the bottom half of it. When i used to build doors out of white pine i would use 1x10 t g boards for the door itself and 1x10 square edge pine boards for outside inside trims and cross bucks. Scoring around the mark with a utility knife can help prevent the door from chipping or cracking.

A new dutch door is often expensive. With the rise of the farmhouse and rustic styled homes comes increased focus on the dutch door a design that originally came about from the 17th century means that while this style of door is making a comeback in a big way. This is also great if you have pets that you need to keep in or out of on part of your house. Check out this tutorial to see how easy it is to transform your door into a beautiful half door.

If you can hang standard interior doors you can hang an. Use that as a guide to mark for two additional hinges above and below the cut mark. Dutch doors are a popular design for traditional and modern homes which is why i couldn t wait to share this diy exterior dutch door project. Why you don t want an exterior dutch door.

Dutch doors require four hinges to ensure proper safe function. Mortise the door where the new hinges will go with a chisel. Since standard interior doors come with three hinges only one additional hinge needs to be added. Unlike installing an exterior dutch door which must be weather tight putting in an interior dutch door is a fairly diy friendly project.

Two to support the top panel and two to support the bottom panel. With a little diy skill and an existing door you can achieve the same look for way less. And for children the open top of the dutch door can also make a great puppet theater. For dutch door exterior installation you want to make sure the door is airtight as well.

To do this install weather stripping hardware like an astragal directly to the top of the bottom door sliding the hardware until it s in place and then drilling it tightly. Just like with interior doors you can take an existing front door and give it new life as a dutch door. Once the original door is removed place the new hinge up against door frame roughly 30 above the floor. With the door still hung in the jamb mark where the cut for dutch door will be.