Ledge and brace doors are the original country made door for use in farm dwellings, barns country cottages, originally made usually on site with 4 5 tongue and grooved planks with three horizontal ledges on the reverse side nailed on with two brace between the ledges angled down towards the hinge to support the door from sagging. Recently the ledges or ledge and braced door are made mainly in oak. Construction methods have been up graded to modern standards facing planks are either V groove or a bead and butt profile. Now ledges and oak braces are glued and screwed on to the reverse side plug thee screwed on to the reverse side plug the screws hole within oak plug because the method is now so strong it no longer requires braces for strength using them only for aesthetic purpose only. Oak ledge and braced doors can be constructed up to a width of approximately 4ft. when the width exceeds 3ft oak braces are recommended. The number of oak planks on the face depends on the width of the door a normal interior door usually consists of 4-5 planks, there can be all of the same width or to make the door look more authentic random widths may be used, this can cause problems I construction when producing oak doors in quantity, as many oak ledge and brace doors are now retro fitted to existing old properties, no two doors are the same aperture so working at the width and number of planks to suite can be a time consuming job. Oak ledge and ledge and brace doors are now very fashionable as in the use of oak in generally in interior door design, with modern methods of construction and the availability of French oak in several grades of timber, from rustic knots to clean grain oak allows the doors to be clean grain, oak allows the doors to be used in all types of property from rustic to minimalist.
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