Need help with framing

[Miriam C.]

I am trying to use luan doors for my inside walls and plan to cut them off at the top.

I would apprectiate it if someone could lend advice about how much framing to replace inside the doors. The doors are very light and 1 1/2 thick. Slightly less than 1/8 vaneer.

I made my table today of heavier doors. Need a place to work . Kicking everyone out of the sewing room/office was nixed So I am stuck in the stinky kerosine garage
( I know, I am grateful to have a garage and people who let me use it and a heater. At this rate I'm gonna be a sainte.

any advice would be appreciated.
Miriam

[WarPony]

Do you mean you are using hollow-core doors?

[Miriam C.]

I am new to writing my thoughts anywhere, please bear with me.

WarPony,
Yes. I am building my inside walls of hollow core doors. They were cheap and I thought it would give me a squared foundation, that didn't have the weight of plywood. I am hoping to glue and pocket screw the doors into a sheet then cut.

After the inside is cut I will glue and screw the outside to the inside wall then cut the outside. I am hoping this will negate the need to splice plywood and still give me a strong structure.

Perhaps my original question was confusing. What I need to know is: If I fill the now frameless top of the doors with a new framing material, how much should I add. The doors are 1 1/2 inches thick and I don't know if filling the 1 1/4 gap will make the wall top heavy. Does that make more sense?

Thank you for responding!
Miriam

[Jim Marshall]

Miriam, building with doors could cause some problems. Most doors come with a beveled edge which will make it a little tough to screw together and keep straight. Hollow core doors with a little age on them will usually not hold up well. JMHO

[waywardson]

Hello Miriam,
I would advise not using the doors for many reasons,
The primary reason would be they are intended for interior use,
(even with excellent paint, they would not hold up over time)
I would stick with the tried & true methods, (plywood)
just my opinion though,
ps. there should have been a lot of replies by now advising you not to do,

george /waywardson

[asianflava]

Another problem with using hollow core doors is, you don't have any framing to attach things to i.e. shelves, doors, cabinetry.

[Miriam C.]

Thanks Guys. Let me clairify from an earlier topic: I had asked about wood weights and the doors and got a really good reponse on the weights. Mad Jack answered my question but I needed to ask the question different so I created this topic. My response in the other topic follows:

bought the luan doors (9. 8 for walls and 1 to mess up) cause the guy came down to $6. If it doesn't look right I will make the grandkids a playhouse out of them.
The little darlins are hoping it works for me. They are coming over to lend their expertise this weekend.

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George wrote:

I would stick with the tried & true methods, (plywood)
just my opinion though,
ps. there should have been a lot of replies by now advising you not to do,

Thank you Jim and George and Asianflava
your replies are welcome advice and since there don't seem to be any for the doors, I think maybe I will have a long visit with Jimmy Riggs, my old running buddy. See If I can rig some way for me to deal with the weight of joined plywood sheets without causing my husband to further harm his back.

Getting old stinks My beautiful work table didn't set up either. I guess the finished wood didn't hold the wet long enough for the "Elmers Ultimate glue" to work. Or the garage didn't get quite warm enough.

When depressed: [color=violet]GO TOOL SHOPPING!