I couldn't find a suitable door threshold, so I made one
I couldn't find a suitable door threshold, so I made one
I couldn't find a suitable door threshold, so I made one
In my area I see old beds thrown out pretty regularly. I try to collect the bed rails since they're usually made from a single piece of maple or oak. I've made a few thresholds from them.
That is brilliant!
Waste not want not.
Showing any type of skill at craftsmanship is veering way out of dull territory.
I may have to go lie down for a bit.
Looks better than anything you could've bought at the store; nicely done!
Thank you Friend!
not dull at all!
Nice work!
Very nice
Very nice! How did you go about it?
I picked up a piece of hardwood that was 5/8 inch thick. Just measure the gap under your door so you know how tall the threshold can be. I went with a 3.5 inch width to cover the floor's expansion gap with room to spare. I just cut that down to the width of the door. Then I used a router to put a 45 degree chamfer on all 4 sides.
The 45 degree angle goes down about half way, I just ran a scrap piece through the router and progressively raised the bit until the angle felt right, then did it on the final one.
Gave it a light sanding to remove any splinters and then I just stained it to match the floor and used a rubber mallet to get it in place. It's pressure fit, so it's a little tight to hold it in place. Some people opt to screw them into the floor below instead.
Dropping a few brads/nails into it to hold it into place is a good idea. As time goes by, wear and expansion/contraction of the flooring will have it popping out.
I picked up an airgun to put in 2 1/2" finishing brads on the floors I did (engineered hickory). Turned the air pressure up to the maximum the gun was rated for (150psi) and sunk the brads into the board
I'm curious about this too, I've been trying to find an aluminum threshold I can modify but this might be easier.
That was my issue too! With the floor's expansion gap, it needed to cover about 2-2.5 inches in width. Everything in that range was more for industrial or exterior use. The S4S oak plank I used was $16, with pre-made thresholds being $25+. Of course, tooling is a limitation. You'd at least need access to a router to make this.
Is that treated/engineered bamboo laminate flooring? I think I have the exact same stuff from Home Depot.
Sure is! I got it from a local flooring store and installed it myself years ago. It's hard to beat the price and hardness.
Yeah, I put mine in 8.5 years ago, and with a large dog, 2 cats, and 3 kids, it's held up remarkably well. The only problem I've run into is some of the tongue-in-groove connections have pulled apart over time creating small (maybe 1/4") gaps, but the planks themselves have been great. And frankly, that is probably a combination of installation error (by me) and us living in a pretty harsh environment with a huge number of freeze-thaw cycles and lots of snow every year (with a shitty insulation job in our crawlspace).