Making Garage Cabinet Doors

Then tilt the doors and if you re having trouble installing the front doors loosen the adjusting screws on the wheels and extend them to maximum height.

Making garage cabinet doors. This will add architectural detail to the doors. The exact measurement of each piece depends on the final size of the cabinet door and the final method of building your cabinet doors. Make a diy garage door out of old cabinetry with recessed panels. Use clamps or weights to hold the doors in place.

The cabinets i built in this project are heavy sturdy waste no space and will likely last the lifetime of the house and even if they don t materials needed to fix them will always be readily. After installing the doors crawl inside the cabinet and readjust the wheels so the doors hang level and are even with each other. Position the doors over the hinges using shims to maintain a 1 8 in. When the doors are complete and screwed to the hinges label each door and cabinet.

Shim the bottom edges to level the cabinets and make the face frame edges parallel with each other. Learn about the specialty tools that make cabinetmaking a breeze. Do this for both doors. Then unscrew the doors to make cabinet installation easier.

Sand and paint the doors in the color of your choice. Move the cases into position where they ll be installed. The cabinets are going to be mounted side by side. Set the cabinet aside and begin building the cabinet doors.

Add hinges to the plywood doors. I typically use 1 3 boards for mine so they are 2 1 2 wide. Hang three doors on the inner track and three on the outer. This will give you two 3 feet wide cabinets on the ends and a 2 foot wide cabinet in the middle.

Screw cabinet doors that have recessed panels on them to the plywood doors. Each door is made up of 2 stiles 2 rails and a center panel. Clamp the cabinet face frames together while you screw them to the wall and each other ensuring the faces are flush. To frame out the cabinets secure 8 foot 2x4s perpendicular at 36 across and 60 across.

Build the front of the frame in the same pattern as the back 8 feet wide and 8 feet tall. Measure and cut the cabinet door trim to size and drill 3 4 pocket holes in the ends of both vertical trim pieces. You can pick any width you want for your cabinet door rails and stiles. With this configuration the joints will just be simple glue brad nails and counter sink screws.