On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:21:30 -0400, Casper
wrote:

We've put off replacing our shed doors a few years now due to funds
and time. However they have reached the point where I doubt they can
make it through another winter. What I want to know is what is the
best way to replace them.

Our shed is 12x16 classic barn style. Two doors with trim x-patterns
on the bottom half (trim falling off due to rot on the backside from
water pooling). We've had to move the hinges a few times due to them
pulling free of the 2x4's and weather. The doors close together in the
middle and have always been a little out of alignment making sliding
bolt locks useless. Other than the doors, only a 4-5 inches of the
bottom along one side is starting to spearate. Otherwise the shed is
in good shape. Nothing a cleaning, a little filler and paint can't fix
for another serveral years.

I would love to put a metal roll up door on it but finding one that
would fit, and not cost a fortune, has been impossible. So far I have
found one that might be small enough but it is darned expensive.

Hubby wants to put new doors on using piano hinges, but from what I
have read, that's a bad idea.

I would love to expand the door side another 8 feet, as we have the
room, to utilize as a small workshop. Basically a door at either end,
one for storage and one for a shop.

Unfortunately, my husband was laid-off yesterday and that will again
be put on hold. So it's fix the doors for now and wait.

I am open to any suggestions on the best way to fix/replace the doors
so that we don't have to keep moving hinges, suffer from rotting trim
and can actually lock it securely.

Put a rain drip edge over the doors to reduce water intake.

To fix doors, drill holes where the water pools so it doesn't pool,
then paint them inside, too. If rebuilding the doors, saw a couple of
1/4" V grooves vertically on the tubafores at the bottom of the doors
(plywood side) so the rain has a groove to exit. If one of the doors
doesn't already have one, add an external batten to it to reduce rain
coming in between them.

To align doors, making them instantly realignable, get some of the
gate anti-sag kits from ACE Hardware. $12, and worth every penny.
http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/pro...px?SKU=5299029

Tip: grease the turnbuckle in advance with anti-seize.

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