The wife and I just returned from a trip back to northern Indiana to visit with our families. I got to haul back a door that was removed from my wife's late aunt and uncle's 19th century farm house during a 1960s remodel and stored in their barn until they both passed away 10 years ago. It spent the next 10 years in my wife's parents garage until my father in law decided that he was getting rid of it last week if no one wanted it. Of course the wife had to have it. We just needed to figure out how to put a 7' long door in a 5' long pickup bed for the trip back.
I had never paid much attention to the door before. After looking it over I discovered that the door used "through" mortise and tenion contruction on the styles and rails that were both wedged and pinned, no glue. The pins were tapered and hand carved. Once I drove them out the door came apart pretty easily and now it's sitting in my garage :LOL2:.
I had never seen through tenions on anything other than timber framed buildings, never on a door. If someones seen this before let me know. Just starting to remove the hardware now. I don't know if the paint is lead based or not so it will come off before the door comes in the house as a decorative screen.
(And no my garage is not always pristine :LOL2: )
I had never paid much attention to the door before. After looking it over I discovered that the door used "through" mortise and tenion contruction on the styles and rails that were both wedged and pinned, no glue. The pins were tapered and hand carved. Once I drove them out the door came apart pretty easily and now it's sitting in my garage :LOL2:.
I had never seen through tenions on anything other than timber framed buildings, never on a door. If someones seen this before let me know. Just starting to remove the hardware now. I don't know if the paint is lead based or not so it will come off before the door comes in the house as a decorative screen.
(And no my garage is not always pristine :LOL2: )
