Matchboarded (battened ) doors

• Are rarely used nowadays
• These doors are made with a facing of tongued , grooved and V-jointed boards that are nailed to horizontal ledges , braces between ledges or to a frame.

Tongued , grooved V-jointed boarding

• Doors can be made out of these different structural pieces:-

-ledges , braces and battens
-Frames , ledges , braces and battens

Ledges and braced battened door

• It consists of these pieces :

-Tongued , grooved and V-jointed battens . The joints should be vertical.
-Horizontal pieces called ledges.
-Diagonal pieces called braces . Braces should be fixed so that they slope up away from the hinges.

• This is a very simple door for internal or external use.
• But the use of this type of door is limited to buildings such as sheds and outhouses and to small units such as trapdoors.
• It is cheap to make
• This types of door does not have any special woodworking joints.

Framed and braced battened door

• It consists of these pieces:

-Battens that form the surface of the door
-A frame with a head rail , bottom rail and two stiles.
-A ledge , i.e. middle rail.
-Braces.

• These doors are used for large openings to garages , factories and for entrance gates.
• This door is stronger than the ledges & braced battened door because the battens are set inside a timber frame.
• A frame and braced battened door is also more attractive than a ledges and braced battened door.