Workshop doors

[colinc]

Hi,

I am seeking help/ideas for making doors for my workshop.

My workshop is rectangular in plan and for reasons of access in and out for long sections (e.g. aircraft wing panels) I am putting the door at 45 degrees across one corner with the roof (rectangular in plan) overhanging to form a canopy. It wastes a bit of floor space but it works best given our garden layout. I need 8ft (2440mm) clear opening. Ideally I would buy a set of UPVC bi-fold doors but they are a bit above my budget. I want as much glass area as possible in the doors to provide natural light.

The full opening will not be required very often, just to get work in and out, but one door panel will be the main access. I am wondering about side hinging one door to the right, opening outwards and then having a pair of doors to the left that open or fold, perhaps with a removable jamb if necessary. I guess security must be an issue too although our garden is pretty well isolated anyway.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Colin

 

[brianhabby]

Hi Colin,

I built my workshop doors from Chestnut as it was reasonably priced and is a good wood for external projects. It's also fairly easy on the tools.

For daily access I installed a judas gate. If you are interested the WIP thread is here

Hopefully you can get some inspiration from that thread although I have no windows in my doors.

regards

Brian

 

[G S Haydon]

Hello Colin. If it's price sensitive I would buy 3 standard 838 x 1981 2xG doors and knock up a frame using 4" x 3" PSE and apply some 2" x 1" stops. Could all be hung on heavy duty tee hinges. and secured with basic galv bolts and the like.

 

[colinc]

Thanks for the suggestions.

I think that the initial solution lies in using 3 standard doors in a fairly basic frame with one for general access and the other two joined and hinged as one.

Eventually I'll splash out on a bi-fold set, but at the moment I have plenty of other jobs to do on the house which are more deserving of the cash.

Colin