making a door for this shed

f140

http://www.donedeal.ie/farmsheds-for-sale/farm-industrial-buildings/3037847


have a shed like the one in the main pic. want to close in the other side with a door to stop rain going in. was thinking a sliding door? there is a lean to built onto either side of the shed.


Shed where it is open is 24ft wide by 13ft high. if I had two half sliding doors that would both either go left or right would a 12ft opening be too narrow realistically to be able to back in a slurry tank and tractor per say.


any advice whats the best way to do it?

Sharpshooter82

f140 wrote: »

http://www.donedeal.ie/farmsheds-for-sale/farm-industrial-buildings/3037847


have a shed like the one in the main pic. want to close in the other side with a door to stop rain going in. was thinking a sliding door? there is a lean to built onto either side of the shed.


Shed where it is open is 24ft wide by 13ft high. if I had two half sliding doors that would both either go left or right would a 12ft opening be too narrow realistically to be able to back in a slurry tank and tractor per say.


any advice whats the best way to do it?

Well most tractor are about approx 8ft wide so you would have 2ft of clearance on both sides of the opening for the tractor alone

Zr105

12ft should be plenty wide!

f140

what would be the best way to attach the tracker to the shed. there is a 6x3 timber going across the top where the sheets come down.

Zr105

Length of channel or h iron from pillar to pillar, its a wide enough span to hang 2 12ft doors off!

49801

Have u thought about a gale breaker?
Would stop rain and be easyish on your pocket
http://www.galebreakeragri.com/siteenglish/products_uk/maxidoor_uk.html

Zr105

49801 wrote: »

Have u thought about a gale breaker?
Would stop rain and be easyish on your pocket
http://www.galebreakeragri.com/siteenglish/products_uk/maxidoor_uk.html

The ones that are easy to open aren't that easy on the pocket though, and if its a machinery shed you'd be as well on with sliding doors for the little extra they'd cost... The gale breaker will also deteriorate long before a few sheets of galv steel...

Sharpshooter82

Zr105 wrote: »

The ones that are easy to open aren't that easy on the pocket though, and if its a machinery shed you'd be as well on with sliding doors for the little extra they'd cost... The gale breaker will also deteriorate long before a few sheets of galv steel...

+1

hayabusa1300

you could go with 4 sliding doors and get an opening of 16' if you liked
top rail would be something like a 6x3 channel so it wouldnt flex.