CONSTRUCTION OF A FOUR (4) WOODEN PANELED DOOR

ABSTRACT

The project is the Construction of a Four (4) Wooden Paneled Door. A door is a moving structure used to block off and allow access to, an entrance to or within an enclosed space such as a building or vehicle. Doors are classified based on appearance, method and mode of construction; also with the size and uses, these are the classes of doors, Flush door, Matchboard door, Glazed door, Panel door. Various machines were used generally in construction process to easy work and save time. The method of door construction started from when the wood was cut down in the forest from the tree trunk. The trunk is then cut across onto log and converged to saw mill, where conversion into marketable sizes. Thereafter, different methods where used depending on the purpose on which the sawn wood is to be used, however the construction method comprises of the system and order lines with the scientist study method adopted in the construction of the door. It’s clear that door is one of the prominent products of wood and the main function of a door is to provide entrance to a building and given an aesthetic beauty to a structure. We would like to recommend that this text has been carefully written with reference to technical know-how to cover the construction of a four panel door and so, could be of great help to other works that would involve the same process of construction.
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page                                                                                                      i

Certification                                                                                                 ii

Dedication                                                                                                    iii

Acknowledgement                                                                                                iv

Table of Contents                                                                                       v

Abstract                                                                                                        viii

CHAPTER ONE

1.0            Introduction                                                                                    1

1.1      Objective of the Study                                                                  2

1.2      Significance of the Study                                                                         3

1.3      Scope of the Study                                                                        3

CHAPTE TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.0      What is Door                                                                                   4

2.1      Timber                                                                                               10

2.2      Structure of Timber                                                                       10

2.3      Parts of a Timber                                                                            11

2.4      Classification of Timber                                                                11

2.5      Seasoning of Wood                                                                       14

2.6      Conversion of Timber                                                                   15

2.7      Prevention of Timber                                                                    17

2.8      Defects in Wood                                                                             19

CHAPTER THREE

3.0      Methodology                                                                                  21

3.1      Machine Used                                                                                 21

3.2      Hand Tool Used                                                                              22

3.4      Qualities of Material used                                                            22

3.5      Method of Construction                                                              25

3.6      Wood Preparation                                                                         26

3.7      Process of Preparation                                                                 26

3.8      Design of Door                                                                                27

3.9      Joint Used During Construction                                                             27

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0      Finishing                                                                                           29

4.1      Types of Finishing                                                                          30

4.2      Application of Finishes                                                                  30

4.3      Method of Fixing Door                                                                 31

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0      Conclusion                                                                                       32

5.1      Recommendations                                                                         32

            Bibliography                                                                                   33

CHAPTER ONE

1.0      INTRODUCTION

This project was brought to materialization as a result of development skill on technology of woodwork to be precise. According to history, the use of structure material wood is from timber. A living organism that goes from growing plant to maturity, its growing is about 20 – 50 years.

Application of timber for construction of house and furnitures had been in existence right from the time of old. A door is a moving structure used to block off, and allow access to, an entrance to or within an enclosed space, such as a building or vehicle. Typically doors have an interior side that faces the inside of a space and an exterior side that faces the outside of that space. Doors normally consist of a panel that swings on hinges or that slides or spans inside of a space.

Carpentry work primary make use of sawn or unwrought timber whilst joining work embrace almost entirely planed or wrought wood, woods are painted or polished as a finishing means.

A door opening must be wide enough to allow free movement and in other words perform its required function. In construction the entrance door are slightly bigger than internal door. Also, sectioning of the member especially the jamb on which the door are hung must be large enough to enable the head and front of each jamb. Doors are used to control the physical atmosphere within a space by enclosing the air drafts, so that interiors may be more effectively heated or cooled.

1.1      OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The standard of door must satisfy the following, which are; surface finish, strength, sound insulation, resistance to wear.

i)                   SURFACE FINISH:- A door must be able to provide a good finished surface to increase its natural beauty and life span e.g. to learn from weathering effects.

ii)                 STRENGTH:- A door should be strong enough to provide adequate strength to support its own weight for ease of opening and dimension tolerance stability of door and strength in other hand depend on the material used.

iii)               SOUND INSULATION:- A door must be able to provide an adequate reduction to passage of sound for the purpose of privacy.

iv)               RESISTANCE TO WEAR:- A well-constructed door of good quality materials and a specified standard and good workmanship must resist constant wear.

1.2      SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

A door is very important; in preventing the spread of fire. They also act as a barrier to noise. It provides entrance to a building and gives aesthetic beauty to a structure.

1.3      SCOPE OF THE STUDY

            This project work is directly concerned with the design of panel door which will be discussed in fullness, panel doors are usually described by the number of panel which they contain and may vary from one or more depending on the thirst of the clients and producer.