Before it was two halves of plywood that fit inside the hole and were held up by the hinges, problem being, the kids were using it as a slide and the hinges broke and the doors fell inside the hole.
I re used the same plywood and welded the broken hinges and soaked them in transmission oil to free them up. I worked th back and forth until the rust was running out the bottom of the pins. I looked at new ones and for the same heavy duty type they were like $10/ea - NO THANKS.
The plywood was super warped but it’s 3/4” and that shit is expensive. Pressure treated is like $30 a sheet. Got some 1x4 deck boards and when I screwed it all together it straightened the plywood out.
I restructured so that the doors have a perimeter to sit on while they’re closed so the hinges aren’t so stressed out.
The top was of the hole was a steel bar and too low for the doors to sit on, last homeowners best idea was to fill the void with expanding foam. So I cleaned it up and packed it with mortar and pressed a board into it, then drilled and screwed the board into the steel.. For the bottom, it was a low concrete step so I put the board in and packed it in with mortar. The board sits pretty low tho so I’ll pour some concrete for the board to sit in to hold it up better. This brought up the perimeter for the door to sit on.
I’m thinking like the traditional barn door colors, white backing and red bars. I was gonna do white backing and black bars because I already got the paint but wife said no stop being a cheap bastard.
The screws in the hinges and handles are undersized and temporary. When it’s painted up I’ll replace all the screws with the correct sized hardware installed by hand, so I don’t get that shitty painted over look.
Edit: fuck, I think it’s supposed to be red backing and white bars.
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