Hey all, this is the bottom panel to a garage door on the boathouse. As you can see, it is rotten, so I'm going to rebuild this panel.
I think it is 3/4" plywood, skinned with a layer of 1'4", then framed in cedar. Its got to be the better part of 100 lbs. My question for you is...what if I framed it out of cypress or something, then skinned both sides with 1'4" marine grade ply and trimmed it out? I think I could cut the weight in half. It needs to look the same in the end. Is there any reason that mass is helpful for a garage door? Its on a lake in northern PA, so it isn't like it needs to stand up to hurricaine winds, just constant moisture. I'm going to have the Overhead Door guys come and rework the mechanism, assuming it might need different springs or something given a differential in weight...
Any thoughts?
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