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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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JMC- It definitely has that La Jolla look doesn't it? Are you a San Diego local?
It's actually in Coronado on nice flat ground at 14.8 feet above sea level.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Didn't realize anything on Coronado was +14...
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steve s
Trad climber
eldo
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Client wanted this but....
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steve s
Trad climber
eldo
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Changed her mind( imagine that) so we stuffed in what we originally suggested
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steve s
Trad climber
eldo
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Almost done
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steve s
Trad climber
eldo
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Piece of cake. Living the dream( time and materials)
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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We're plus 14 feet but hit the water table at 5 feet in that part of town.
PS- nice job on the box!
Steve- I'm finding Barn doors are all the rage until the owner's realize they have to live with gaps around the fame.
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steve s
Trad climber
eldo
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Contractor, the gaps around the frame was exactly the problem. We tried to warn the client.
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F
climber
away from the ground
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As with most things, careful planning helps.
Offset walls or butting the door into a perpendicular wall makes the "strike" side of a barn door seamless. Recessed header to set the track in the right spot to hang the door 1/4" from finished wall surface. Do flush base trim which is a nice modern touch anyway, and get your floor guide (UHMW) in the right spot, lubed up good, riding in a mortised stainless steel track.
Might be a lot to explain to a wishy washy client that only understands making her hubbys credit card go DING!, but it's as close to a seamless barn door solution that I've come up with. Sorry, no pics, but I'm sure you guys get the idea.
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JMC
climber
the land of milk and honey
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A nice commute to Coronado for that build! Lot of family in SD, but I am from the grimier city to the north.
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steve s
Trad climber
eldo
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F, thanks for the solutions for the barn door. Wouldn't have worked out here, maybe next time.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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F- nice solutions! I'll check that out.
JMC- All my work is in Coronado and I live in the center of the island. I rarely have more than a 90 second commute.
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steve s
Trad climber
eldo
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While we're talking barn doors, here's one we did last year. It's made from oak yanked out of the floor of a semi trailer. Care fully ripped planks with a Festool panel saw then dominoed (festool) together . Glued , clamped, etc. This thing was friggen heavy. Stays open 99% of the time. Go figure. Cheers
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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I blame Pinterest and cheesy home renovation shows for the barn door craze.
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F
climber
away from the ground
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Hahaha! That's spot on Edge. The uptick in the barn door fad did have some suspicious timing...
Although before the "Oh look what I found on Pinterest!!! Can you do that?" days, I made a couple out of unistrut, T nuts, and 5$ pulley wheels. Now the kits with the sweet looking hardware go for big $.
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Oh look what I found on Pinterest!!! I swear, if someone ever asks me to make something out of a recycled pallet, I'm going to ask to see the pallet and then hit them with it.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Pinterest- People are now clamoring for white, horizontal ship lap on interior walls. That's because they're running from the passe, white, vertical bead board craze.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Feb 10, 2017 - 03:42pm PT
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Nice...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 10, 2017 - 05:40pm PT
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Made four barn doors some years ago: 5' x 8' x 3.75" thick. They were for a 20 car drive-thru garage.
Custom copper louvers.
Warbler, can you lift that by yerself?
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