-miko-
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- Mike
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Finally got time to work on a door cart. Overall I wanted it to support 3 configurations:
- Front doors only with or without Freedom Panels
- All doors with or without Freedom Panels
- All doors and roof with or without Freedom Panels
And it had to fit in a narrow spot in the garage. After researching a bunch of current options I made some plans and got started.
At first I seriously considered steel, but decided on lumber due to cost.
Did some testing of the design and found I needed a bit more space between the doors on the cart. I was also happy that the width was stable enough to hold a door without the other one on the cart.
My plan was to have a cart for the front doors and cart for the back.
I added some 1/4" foam, 4" casters from Amazon and additional bracing. The front door cart has the additional spots for the Freedom Panels so that I can pull just that cart out when leaving the rear doors on.
The carts hold the doors quite well and are easy to roll in and out of the garage.
And finally the carts can be latched together to move all the doors together AND can store the roof on top.
When it's loaded up I can leave it at the back of the drive or roll it into the garage. Pretty happy with the way it came together.
- Front doors only with or without Freedom Panels
- All doors with or without Freedom Panels
- All doors and roof with or without Freedom Panels
And it had to fit in a narrow spot in the garage. After researching a bunch of current options I made some plans and got started.
At first I seriously considered steel, but decided on lumber due to cost.
Did some testing of the design and found I needed a bit more space between the doors on the cart. I was also happy that the width was stable enough to hold a door without the other one on the cart.
My plan was to have a cart for the front doors and cart for the back.
I added some 1/4" foam, 4" casters from Amazon and additional bracing. The front door cart has the additional spots for the Freedom Panels so that I can pull just that cart out when leaving the rear doors on.
The carts hold the doors quite well and are easy to roll in and out of the garage.
And finally the carts can be latched together to move all the doors together AND can store the roof on top.
When it's loaded up I can leave it at the back of the drive or roll it into the garage. Pretty happy with the way it came together.
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