{"id":444,"date":"2014-09-24T12:38:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T12:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diyguidebook.co.uk\/?p=444"},"modified":"2016-10-24T19:51:59","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T19:51:59","slug":"the-shed-door-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelbibby.co.uk\/woodwork\/?p=444","title":{"rendered":"The Shed Door Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"google_plus\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"google_plus\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a><\/span>

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My dad recently asked if I could build a new door and frame for one of his sheds. The shed is built into the side out the house. Both the door and door frame had seen better days and were pretty rotten, so it all needed to be replaced, however because the door was very narrow it wasn’t going to be possible to buy one at the right size off the shelf.<\/p>\n

So my dad provided me with some fairly accurate measurements of the existing door. The replacement door could have been changed to a new style, but I figured it’d be nice to build one which looked the same as the original so I didn’t make any modifications to the design.<\/p>\n

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As normal I first built the project on the computer in 3D in order to get the correct dimensions and sizes. By doing this I knew exactly what sizes of timber to buy and how much.<\/p>\n

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As usual I planned the project out on the computer in 3D to get the measurements right before I started<\/p><\/div>\n

The next step was to buy the materials. I had thought about using hardwood, but this would have made the door very expensive and as the plan was to paint the door anyway, it seemed a little bit of a waste. So in the end I decided to just buy cheap(ish) softwood from a builder’s yard.<\/p>\n

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I bought all of the timber for this project from a couple of builders’ merchants. Some of the wood was a little warped but not too badly<\/p><\/div>\n