Lumber and Sheet Goods

With plywood strips and hot-melt glue, you can make a template that guarantees a perfect fit

Water-shedding wooden doors improve a backyard eyesoreby Douglas Moore

by Larry Hart

For a clean, contemporary look, create a door jamb, stop and casing from one piece of woodby Kevin Luddy

Wooden doors fit old houses, are easy to make, are easy to fix and sound right when they closeby Don Gould

A three-layer sandwich takes the place of complicated joineryby Gary Striegler

Sliding or hinged, big panes or multilite, these glass doors should be built to withstand the elements as well as years of abuseby Charles Bickford

They're the largest and most visible moving parts of your house, but with all the options out there, don't leave the choice up to someone elseby Roe A. Osborn

by Michael Standish

Build a custom interior or exterior door with common job-site tools and readily available materialsby John Birchard

Durability and aesthetics hinge on sound joinery and steadfast materialsby Stephen Sewall

Doing the job on a formal entry without tearing out jambs and trimby Stephen Sewall

Building a solid door from common lumberby Bruce Gordon

by John Spier