New Door Louvers

[Mark Singer]

Well it only took 4 1/2 years for our louvers to need replacing. these are on mechanical doors on the house and guest house. I used mahogony and made a template...then routed angled dados to accept the resawn new louvers. The sill is sloped to keep the rain out. The head has a notch to insure the water lands on the first louver and doesn't blow in. This is typical of flashing and architectural details.

[Dave Malen]

Mark,
Lining up those slats must be a pain. How are you going to finish these louvers so they last longer than the originals?
Dave

[Mark Singer]

It is pretty easy. The 1/2" pattern bit cuts the radius and then you just use a roundover bit on the blades. They were resaen from 5/4. If you flip the templete over it does the mirror image. They will just weather
Mark,
Lining up those slats must be a pain. How are you going to finish these louvers so they last longer than the originals?
Dave

[Jim Becker]

Those look good, Mark. Of course, the problem with projects like that is you sometimes would love to have about twelve hands!