Customer Reviews

Building Doors & Entryways: Projects, Plans & Procedures

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There is too much fluff in this book. I was looking for a book with plans and ideas for building different style doors. Instead what I go were chapters on setting up a woodworking shop, how lumber reacts to moisture and how I should select l lumber, how to use a jointer and how to make different kinds of joints- all of which I am already familiar with. The final fifty pages or so were plans for a few doors plus a gallery of photos of different doors. Too many woodworking books do this. Walter Plaut

Good book for building a door from scrach. Not a good book for hanging, repairing or adjusting doors.

Building Doors and Entryways taught me the basics of a challenging and at times mystifying trade. I came away from the book with a sense of confidence about building and installing doors, and with some ideas for creative door- and- entryway design as well. Worth reading for anyone fascinated and frustrated by doors and their construction. The author knows his subject.

This book addresses all aspects of artful entryway construction from tools and safety to hand carving and installation. No finish carpenter or homebuilder should be without a copy of Weis' book on Building Doors and Entryways.

Do not buy this book unless you are building a new house, addition or remodeling. Tells you little about making doors and designs that make sense for the average home owner.