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Free standing 32" working door

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Topic: Free standing 32" working door

Posted By: Cliff
Subject: Free standing 32" working door
Date Posted: 3/20/10 at 2:41pm

Building an abstract set and need a free standing working bedroom door. How do I accomplish this without visable bracing?

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Posted By: bmiller025
Date Posted: 3/21/10 at 3:33am

I would suggest a large steel plate on the floor, and a frame of square steel tubing that the door and its frame sits inside of welded directly to the plate. If you are careful, you can hide the square steel inside the door frame with little trouble. Other than that, I am not sure that there is a way to do it. The joint at the floor needs to be totally rigid, and I don't think using wood will give you that without bracing.

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Posted By: Cliff
Date Posted: 3/21/10 at 1:53pm

I was leaning that way but didn't think about the square tubing. Thanks for the tip at three in the morning.

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