Post #792447 by W8N2Surf on Mon, Jan 14, 2019 4:15 PM

Today let's get you caught up on the wall including the sliding door, located on the starboard side of the bar. Here we're lining up boards, figuring out which ones we want to go where.

Here's a shot of the hardware beam that will support the sliding door. You can see some of the actual nautical hardware we are using under the beam that will actually function to make this door slide. Nice!

The beam is solidly attached to the structure, and is now part of the structure itself.

Next Commodore had to build the door! He's using alternating carved panel with a regular wood panel, all reclaimed vintage wood. You can see that aged metal that we showed before.

So, those aged and distressed metal strips actually become straps that loop right around the nautical hardware we found for a pretty seamless and might I say ingenious hanging door system. Can't buy that at Home Depot!

Yes, it took some trial and error, couple second takes, but we got it perfect. The door looks great and opens and slides on the track smoothly. Sure, we have a lot of detail work left, lots to finish and polish up, but we'll get there! Here's the view from the outside as it is now.

More to come soon, Mahalos for following along!