Hinges

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To create storage space in the chalet bungalow I have insulated and put flooring in various bits of soffit/attic space.

To avoid cold doors, I need to fit 100mm or so of PIR foam to the backs.

First problem is how to do this neatly. Is there a semi-rigid plastic sheet I can glue to the foam and perhaps hot melt glue strips round the edges to form a plastic box? The doors will probably be tongue and grooved Oak which will need bracing at the back; providing an edge attachment.

The other issue is hinging a *thick* door and avoiding having to leave clearance on the latch side. I had in mind hinges where the pivot pin is to the side of the opening but don't know a source or a suitable google description.

Reply to
Tim Lamb
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I used 5mm foamalux on mine. You can glue it to the PIR with gap-filling adhesive. You can, if you are careful, thermoform it into a box shape with a hot air gun, though I didn?t bother.

Reply to
Jon Fairbairn

Foamalux! You learn something every day! Ta:-)

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Tim Lamb

May not be the prettiest but how about these sort of hinges on the front in stead and open towards you.

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Maybe you could put hardboard over the front to cover if you don't like the m?

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leenowell

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This one works perfectly well - and doesn't cause a line wrap problem:

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Terry Casey

In message , snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk writes

Got those all over the current (farmhouse) place. Might work if I put a

90deg. fold in the strap. The door will then only open to 90 which might be seen as a problem
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Tim Lamb

Maybe I am imagining the situation incorrectly. When closed,I assume the fr ont of the door and the frame surrounding it is flush. The door is then say 100mm thick. If you then put the hinge on the front of the door and the fr ame (i.e. flush) when you open the door towards you the hinge should open 1

80 degrees? You would probably need to trim the insulation on the non-hinge side of the door to stop it hitting the frame as it comes out.
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leenowell

In message , snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk writes

Just so.

I may be straining at a Gnat here but I was thinking that moving the pivot point away from the door opening would make the trimming less necessary.

Reply to
Tim Lamb

Look up storm hinges (no idea why they're called that), or retrofit hinges for wheelchair access, which move the hinge pins out in front of the architrave, so a 90 degree open door is not using up any of the doorframe width.

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Andrew Gabriel

In message , Andrew Gabriel writes

OK chaps. Enough ideas for now. I may be over thinking the problem:-) Moving the hinge pin further into the room helps with architrave issues but may be resisted on the grounds of grand children safety.

Today's problem is screwing 11 sheets of 8x4 ply to the floor and not finding the heating pipe runs spaced at 200mm!

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Tim Lamb

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