Garage doors R us

What has Len been up to?  Lots of things.  Gardening. Cleaning up.  Spending time in the shop on the Cessna.  House-wise?  Garage!  Garage doors!  Not such a big deal right now but sure will be nice to drag my groceries in under cover when the snow starts to fly.

First was a beef up for the opener attach point

Next was the completion of the drywall on the ceiling

To comply with code and get our permit signed off , the landing in the garage had to be a certain size.  This placed the step into the door opening so that has to go. I took the landing out to shorten it which also allows room for the door track.

A little modification needed

The tracking is next

Then the door sections which I created in Kelowna 2 years ago. The cost to purchase 2 doors made of wood like these would be $7300.  These should be just fine.

Adding the sections

One door complete

2 doors from the inside

Two doors almost done.

The framing is a little off for the height so a small extension on the bottom of the door will be needed.  The trim is not in place so that will fill the upper gap as well.  I intend to paint the windows to match the colour of the house windows eventually.  Now on to the motor drives. I purchased 3 openers complete from an installation firm in Kelowna.  They were taken out of some hockey players mansion when he did a door upgrade.  I got all three for $50 and that gives me a spare in case of problems.
Back to the garage,
Len

Nice weather, time to finish the deck railing

Take a bunch of raw lumber and spend a couple of hours putting it through the planer and you end up with some nice looking fir.

Once it's planed to thickness I cleaned up the edges with the hand planer. Then it was time to carve out the underside so that it will fit over the 2 x 4 rail I have now.

 

I think I have worn out my dado blade on all this fir

Next job was to clean up the groove and fit the plank for length ready for install

All the straight pieces are in and just require a little finishing on the edge

A final routering for character and voila ready for varethane

 The big job will be creating a round top for the deck bump-out

First a good clamping with biscuit joints and glue

I have started trimming to get rid of some of the weight

Here is the final fitting and draw underneath for the 2 x 4 cutout

Trimmed and ready to router, note the lines after tracing the 2 x 4

Routered, time to install

Finishing the roundy bit

A little more varethane and she's all done. That took four days hmmm. I am doing a bit more drywall in the shop to continue with the cleanup and organisation.  More to come.