Has anybody ever heard of / know of a product that helps one person carry a door? I’m replacing a bunch of door slabs and have to carry them from the 2nd floor to the garage and it wears me out after a dozen trips a day.
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It's called, day laborer. I had to do this several years ago, replacing HC doors with fire-rated 1.75" SC doors in a 4 story rental. A second person is indispensible.
Without a second pair of hands, I'm not sure any panel lifting device will help, as the doors will most likely have to be tilted to get them around the stairway. (Assuming you need to transport them thru a stairway.)
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
Beat me to it.
Make a couple plywood holders to catch the corners of a door, and use a rope to connect them together. I'd use a short piece of pipe as a handle, with knots in the rope to keep it from sliding.
I've done this before, where the previous owner apparently had an obsession with saving doors in case they ever need them. I worked for the company who was hired to convert the attic to living space. I don't remember the exact number but there must have been 80 doors up there, of all shapes and sizes. I had to carry them down 5 flights of stairs - 2 to the second floor, 2 more to the first floor, and another one to the back door.
Lucky for me the stairwell was wide enough that I could carry the doors horizontally the whole way. So what i did is made a loop with rope. Hung the loop over my left shoulder and it looped around the door, which hung on my right. The only work for my arms was to guide the door from banging against the walls on the way out.
Hope that helps.
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Edited 6/28/2008 12:51 pm by Ted W.
This is something called a forearm forklift and I have never tried them before so I don't know how they would work for doors
They are for two people carrying heavy awkward items such as mattress
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005TPUZ
http://www.amazon.com/Norfield-76410-MASTERLINE-DOOR-DOLLY/dp/B0006613XQ
but I like the day laborer idea!
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Edited 6/28/2008 9:47 pm by jagwah