Greenhouses, Sheds and Sun Rooms - Q about building a shed door....

Hi,

I'm in the middle of stick building a lean-to shed on the side of another shed - it goes from about 7' high to 6' over the course of 4'. It is about time to build a door and while I've built doors for fences and put in interior and exterior doors, I've never built a shed door. What I'm using for all sides is T111 so what I'm thinking is building a typical door frame (double vertical 2x4's with a header) and have the hinges on the short side of the lean-to (swinging out). This would be the best use of my available space.

So what I'm thinking is to use T111 as the door itself but where I'd like some suggestions is how to overlap the sides of the door. My door opening is 36" so what I was thinking of doing is make the R111 door something like 36 1/2" (maybe a bit less) and having a 1/2" overlap on the opening side - 1/2" of the 2x4 frame would provide a stop (I'll put a latch over there). Does this make sense or should I go 3/8" gap with the opening side stud and build a door stop? I'm probably overthinking this but any opinions are always welcome!

Bob

Bob, you just about have it covered. To reiterate what you said. Build a 2x4 frame for the door. Use a cross buck on the inside from the bottom hinge side to the top latch side to keep the door from sagging. make the frame a full inch narrower than the opening. This will allow for the frame to swing without dragging on the existing building framing. Do your overlap, but it may take more, since you are narrowing up the frame. I would double the studs at the latch side, letting your T1-11 for the building land on one and the overlap from the door to land on the other one. A full 1 1/2". Hope I didn't muddy the water too much.

Larry

Larry - sounds perfect! I understand completely, thanks.