How To Build A Shed Door

A Short Illustrated Guide

Unlike in the guides about building a shed foundations and building a shed roof, this guide is applicable to building a door for all kind of sheds - not only rectangular. The door should preferably be rectangular however unless you want to make rounded top corners.

Step 1.

Take measures of the door opening in the shed. You should be pretty precise - if the door is larger than the opening, you won't be able to mount it at all or at least you won't be able to close it. This can be fixed easier than the case of building a smaller door however. So in short, be precise!

Your door can be up to 0.5" shorter and lower than the opening (that's for allowance), but no more than that.

Step 2.

Get 6 - 12 (or more) timber boards depending on the door width. The boards must be high enough so you use only one board on each verticale.

Prime the timber before assembling.

Arrange the boards to fit the width of the timber. If needed, cut the first and the last one, but it's much better if you can have all boards with the same size.

Step 3.

Connect the boards with ledges and nails as shown.

The ledges should be at least as thick as the boards

If needed you can add glue or resin between the boards for better firmness and isolation.

Try to keep the ledges on equal distance from each side.

Usually you will want them to stay on the inner side of the door.

Fixing the shed door with diagonal braces

Step 4.

Now add two diagonal braces to make the door stable.

If possible use te same material for the braces as the one used for the ledges.

Note how are the nails positioned: be careful not to put many nails on the same thread of the timber,
because that can cleave the brace.

Step 5. Take a closer look on how the braces are attached: There is a triangle riffle in each ledge and the sloped end of the brace fits exactly there. This will ensure maximum stability of the construction.
	Step 6. In the last step you need to attach the hinges to the door. In most cases 3 hinges will be enough for a stable shed door. When attaching the door to the shed use tick screws to hold the hinges. Attach the door and you are ready!

Do you want to get started? I recommend you to check these shed plans, pick a model you like and go ahead!

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