How NOT to build an exterior door. 3 things you need to STOP doing. 

Brent Hull is a campion among men, and is the only man capable of saving Finish Carpentry TV's antique home from being painted. :)

Great insight into door construction, definitely very interesting, I am a retired self taught specialist Jointer/cabinet maker, I have similar books that shows you detail drawings of mouldings how doors and windows are constructed, My main timber for making external doors external windows what is Douglas Fir , all sill for frames I always use Oak, and most of my doors are made 2 - 3 inches thick, with 5 point euro lock , And over the last 15 years I have made doors and windows for 7 barn conversion, all of my joints are mortise and tenon, on my Wadkin EKA 5 head machine, I have even made Europe doors and windows that open outwards, I now live in France, I still have most of my tools and machinery, I have noticed that I lot companies are use in dowels to construct the framework doors, et cetera, and they are saying that because of modern glues they are a lot stronger than a mortar and tenon joints, I don’t believe that is Correct, I have even restored doors that were made back in the late 1700s 1800s , old traditional methods and they had stood the test of time, The main failure being improper maintenance , And the lack of decent paint nowadays, Everything new that I’ve made I’ve even spent the time and treated everything with wood preservative, I have gone back to the UK over the past 3 to 4 months. I’ve gone past some doors that I’ve made around 45 years ago. Apart from they need painting, I wish I was there doing it., they still look very good condition, And I wish I was still back at work , Over the past three months, I have been trying to construct a workshop, adjoining my property, I’ve had to make it out of timber, Concrete and cement and block work nowadays is extremely expensive, Keep up the Great territorial I’ve been watching your program for quite awhile now all is very interesting. I think this is the first time I’ve actually left a comment. , From the Moulin France,

I’ve had the privilege of rebuilding a set of French doors from the early 1700’s they are directly in the Texas sun most of the day and still look beautiful… I’ve found that white oak, black cherry, make excellent exterior doors they are in the top three most rot resistant woods in North America, very stable also thanks for the info keep it up!

The presented importance and honest passion for quality home components is the reason why I love your videos.

I'd have loved to have seen Brent's expressions when he found out it wasn't even his door. 🤔 -> 😡

Another great video, thanks Brent!

The double panel detail makes a lot of sense, I have changed out multiple panels in doors that were not that old. I just replaced an alder front door that was only 5 or 6 years that the panels were cracked. I think I will experiment with it to try to retrofit to double panels. Thanks for the great content.

Thank you !!

Does this guy have a massive following somewhere else? The quality of production and information here don't match up with the channel subscriber and view counts. Outstanding.

Another great video

A learning experience. But not a pleasant discovery for a builder who stands behind his work I suspect there may have been an unsettling period of wondering “what else” for this project and for other projects. Hopefully a one-off substitution for what might have seemed to be a good reason at the time.

Sounds like someone got let go..... 🤭😉 But that's not the sort of thing you let someone get away with, you do have a reputation to protect, after all. Great work Brent, really love learning from you.

Was just watching this one again and noticed your Bosch jigsaw.... I picked up an old Craftsman 315.17280 Auto Scroller last night for 20 bucks and wow.... 1" stroke, and the shoe is THICK and about 4" wide! This was my dream jigsaw when I was a kid and I am not disappointed.... As a professional I know even the good Craftsman power tools weren't the best back in the day, but this thing is SOLID and I will be using it a lot for my jobs

Very interesting. Here in the UK, veneered doors or veneered furniture is still seen somehow as inferior. The reality is that a well built door with a thick veneer is much more stable than a solid wood door. We had to build a new front door for our (partly) 18th century house. We were instructed to use solid timber and with full length vertical planks). You can try arguing with a Council Conservation Officer (who seemingly has never built anything in his life and has never studied the successful and the failures) but you know that he is never going to back down. All we could do was to build it using a good external timber (one of the European oaks) with narrow growth rings (tree grew in harsher climate). It’s pretty well protected by a porch so that it only really gets wet through the atmosphere and gets no direct sun. Reality is that it warps. We can go a week with the bolts sliding home nicely and then a month where you can’t open the bolts because the timber has moved. A successful door is not just about cost. You could spend a fortune on nice timber and it still won’t stand the test of time. It’s also about knowing what timber to use and how to use it. With internal doors, the choice of timber comes from a wider list but the construction remains important. For an external door, the choice of timber is much narrower and the construction continues to remain important.

I appreciate the architecture of the build. Do you always use sapele for your door cores?

So glad you wouldn't pass poor quality work .Hopefully the owners were satisfied with the new door.

I live in northern Minnesota and how would a door like yours hold up to the -32 I seen this past winter plus the insulation factor? I would love to try to build a Ipe or sapele door but would it be for nothing in this extreme cold.

I’m not an expert, so forgive me if this is a stupid question. Is the internal panel gules to the styles and rails? If so, is there a risk of it cracking along the joint lines due to expansion and contraction. Thanks for a very interesting video. Would be good to see a video walking through your construction technique if you felt you were not giving away too many secrets.

What is your thoughts on using a domino 700 for mortises? Do you feel like it’s not enough l?

Is there a video with the place finished

I learned a new saying today: the difference between good and great is an eighth of an inch.”

Blame it on the project manager? ...

Why not just do a fiberglass door instead? 😉

The dowels was not an issue whatsoever it didn't fail the door it was the panels don't try to act like the dowels failed come on try to be professional here because you failed