Side-Hinged Garage Door Plans

Hi there. Been reading the boards for awhile now getting some great information on other household projects. I have a new question that I was unable to find an answer to and thought I'd see if anyone could give me a hand. I'd like to replace my current over head garage door with side-hinged carriage style doors like the one in the picture at the link below. http://www.amourelle.co.uk/images/in.../barndoor8.jpg A friend of mine that has a done a fair amount of building (decks, lofts, etc) believes we could build and mount something like this ourselves but I have been unable to find any plans for a door of this type. Could anyone point me to a place where I might be able to find building plans? Has anyone had experience with such a door that they could offer any tips? It's a single car garage (not sure of the dimensions of the door off hand) with a wood and brick exterior. The brick is primarily just facing and the mechanical inspector I had out when I bought the house said they were not needed structurally. Look forward to any advice you could send my way. Why not measure the doors in the picture and adjust for your opening? Ah, sorry. I realize now I wasn't clear. The link I posted was not to a picture I had taken myself, but rather of a decent picture I found on the web of what I want. Consequently, I don't have access to the door in the picture in order to measure it. We could probably develop our own plan if needed, but I figured it would be more reliable if we followed some existing guidelines. Thanks I have built some like that, I just made the Z-brace frames and put the finish product on it....I didn't hinge mine however, lot of weight on the jamb and will eventually sag....I mounted mine on an overhead dolly and track setup....door slides sideways in the track...worked great. Are you wanting the swing out door just for the look? Or are you wanting to have the function of swinging doors? Checking because if you are looking for the authentic old style of the swing out doors there are places that customize that look while still having the convenience of the overhead doors and you hardly know they aren't swing outs till you see them move. Try www.montanarustics.com for some custom door ideas. . .Just a thought. Good luck! Thanks for your responses. I was planning on the side hinged doors for a couple of reasons. One is definitely for the look. The other is that when the garage was built they didn't seem to plan things out well. The tracks for the current garage door do not go all the way down to the floor. About a foot off the ground the track ends at concrete blocks. This means that the garage door stops at the end of the track and does not close all the way. The previous owners did not do anything to correct the problem and the garage door has deteriorated to the point where it needs to be replaced. Using side hinged doors would allow me to place them just in front of these concrete blocks and still have a solid seal. Plus, they didn't look terribly difficult to build so I thought it would be possible to do myseld. If no one is aware of a place that has plans, I'll go with the original idea of creating my own and reinforce the jambs to handle the weight. Thanks very much.

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