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tim_m
05-30-2007, 09:19 AM
any thoughts on making a screen door out of 1" trupan?

bleeth
05-30-2007, 11:29 AM
Yeah-It will warp over time no matter how well you seal it. I ran a screen door shop in the Northwest and we went from clear fir to laminated stiles to solve that issue. We ended up making a deal with a door stile manufacturer to buy a carload once a year to get them to build them the proper thickness (1 1/8") for traditional doors. If you are only doing a few then use clear VG fir, hemlock (the real stuff,not "hemfir" studs), or mahog for best stability. And we always used 3 hinges.

tim_m
05-30-2007, 11:33 AM
thanks Dave
that's kind of what I figured.