Sunday, December 18, 2011

Solid door frame.

<p>I figured the door frame should be as strong as possible. The doors were going to be quite heavy and the strain of use would put the concrete posts to the test.
Firstly we widened the opening by removing the bottom section of ring beam. I had bashed my head on this a few times and I was glad to see it go. Now we had a much taller doorway. The posts needed to be packed with a strip of roofing lat and then we fixed a length of 6x1 timbers to them using the same masonry screws as before. Fantastic fixings. A

The same 6x1 timber was laid across the bottom and screwed down into the base. This was slightly tipped forward with some packing and frame sealant. This would act as a sill and any water hitting it should run out of the shed. Next we ran 6x1 across the top and secured it to the timbers. The basic doorway was done.

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