Advice on cladding garage doors with T&G

[Pat272014]

Hello


I wonder if you could give me some advice, point out any pitfalls and generally comment.

I have horribly awful garage doors that I would like to clad with tongue and groove in order to match our gate.

Please see the attached photos.

Does anyone see any pitfalls of going down this route?


Thanks a lot


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[Burnerman]

I don't think I'd clad, but rather renew.....are there any problems with that? Maybe Howdens have something of interest?
John

 

[Pat272014]

Hiya, yes, Howdens would be a good option but my openings are not standard sizes and I cannot find out how much I can cut the Howdens doors down by. The drive leading up to the doors is also not flat (not my land) and this impacts on the size of the doors.

As a matter of interst, why would you not clad them?

Thanks

P

 

[big-all]

don't think it will work what clearance do you have between door face and brick pillars when open to 90%
you need around 12mm to fit in the cladding

 

[Pat272014]

I was going to use cranked hinges http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p84...=&pmt=&gclid=Cj0KEQiAjMC2BRC34oGKqY27jtkBEiQA

 

[big-all]

they would only work if you move the hinge forward on the frame by around 40mm or whatever the crank set back is

 

[foxhole]

All that work would leave you with a worn out door still behind the cladding, for the same effort you could replace with clad ply sheets made to measure, no hinge problems.