Most of my sheds have been some sorta garage.
I've had hinged doors and roller doors but my favorite is a tiltadoor as you get a nice little verandah at the front of the shed when its open.
What sort of doors do you prefer
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Most of my sheds have been some sorta garage.
I've had hinged doors and roller doors but my favorite is a tiltadoor as you get a nice little verandah at the front of the shed when its open.
What sort of doors do you prefer
I like the tiltadoor too, Bob, especially when it's raining and you can leave it open.
Mine is only held closed by the two "slamshut" (my word) spring loaded latches on either side, & has about an inch gap on each side of the door, would prefer a more secure locking system. Thinking either long rods that locate in holes in the outer frame of the doorway, or a pin that goes down vertically into a hole drilled in the concrete floor. Either way would lose the advantage of being able to lock it when opening up & closing it by slamming the door.
Cheers..................Sean
I have two doors on my shed, a wooden rollup door and a regular service door. Here's a piccy:
Frankly, I couldn't care less about what type of door was on my "dream shed" provided that 'twas big enough to move machinery in/cabinetry out and, most importantly, I didn't have to faff around with a jimmy bar or something to open it!
I've a sliding door on the back, tilt-a-door on the front and ordinary lockable entry door on the side. The slab moves with the seasons, jamming the entry door in Summer and making it prone to fly open with the slightest gust of wind in Winter.
The Tilt-a-door... well, slamming it doesn't work. Gotta hold it down and kick/lever/pry both bottom corners until you hear them "click." Opening is a nightmare. The sliding door out back works well, but uses a deadlock on the inside so ya gotta get into the shed through one of the other two to open it. :( Else I'd weld the other two up and only use the back! :D
(Actually, that's not quite true... it'd probably be easier to fix one of the others and I obviously haven't done that, so why would I bother setting up the welder? :p )
No door at the moment...front or back......big wind.
Regards,
Noel
Mine, front has a pair of barn doors the width of the shed(18'), a 3m slider on the side and a 1.8m swing at the back... no windows.
Still have to build the shed on my current place :) ... but my last one had double barn doors. I loved being able to open it right up and hand long things out or just work outside in the natural light.
For my 5m wide x 2.7m high opening I've got 2 double bi-fold doors with a person enterance door in one of the folds. All steel framed and clad in custom orb.
Ive just got a door hole but no shed.
Im going to build the shed around the door hole....
Al :doh:
Make sure you build the shed to suit the hole... don't wana see any gaps around the hole... Bugger me hole dosen't fit, made the shed to small:DQuote:
Originally Posted by ozwinner
Yep I have two tiltadoors. Great for rainy days but you do lose some space with them.
Pete
In this new shed, this has been the first shed I've had with a sliding door. And it is a ripper. 3.5 metres square so a lovely big opening so no trouble getting stuff in or out and dead simple to secure.
Had tilt, roller and barn doors in other sheds but this one beats them all.
I've got 2 large doors that just open out into the yard. I really wish it had roller doors so as I could work in there when the weather is chucking a bit of the wet stuff down. As the way the doors open it usually means that the rain tends to blow in. No real complaints as my shed still suites my purpose.:2tsup:
This is one bay of the haybarn, enclosed and with a decent floor. Roller door opens it up to the rest of the barn - nice place to work on a hot day. Standard door to the left for normal to & fro. Just finished (well, nearly) cladding the walls with 1/2 inch ply and fibreglass insulation.
Hay! MurrayD99 I told ya me shed was green so please deliver that saw bench to the right shed:D .