R J
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Couple of doors I've been making over the last couple of weeks ,
Hung them over the weekend
Yes a roller shutter was going to be expensive as the doorway is 6.5m wide .look great, a lot cheaper than a roller shutter for what youre doing. How much did they cost and where did you get the rollers etc?
What does it run in/on at the bottom, mine run on an angle iron concreted in , but have to be careful not to scrape up with a bucket over them.View attachment 928293View attachment 928294View attachment 928296View attachment 928298
Couple of doors I've been making over the last couple of weeks ,
Hung them over the weekend
View attachment 928293View attachment 928294View attachment 928296View attachment 928298
Couple of doors I've been making over the last couple of weeks ,
Hung them over the weekend
That's the next job to set a bottom rail for them to run on , we wont need to run a bucket over it luckily as it's only a storage shed .What does it run in/on at the bottom, mine run on an angle iron concreted in , but have to be careful not to scrape up with a bucket over them.
To stop them swinging in and out on the top rail, the buried angle iron works fine as there is no groove for stones to fall in, and only requires a slit in the door base.Why do you need a bottom rail? Its asking for trouble.
No reason really for the amount steel , just like to make them fairly strong , was all 50mm box , horizontal at 600mm spaces for tin sheet size , each door is 4m high and 3.25 m wide .Any reason for using so much steel in the doors ? All the sliding doors here have the outer square, then only where the sheets join, and used smaller box too, could have made the door with half the steel.
These have been in for nearly 40 years without problem, but the bottoms will need refurbishment soon, as the muck has rotted out the bottoms.View attachment 928468View attachment 928469