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  1. #16
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    Too late.... I been busy painting too...

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    Default sliding glass

    Mine's had the roller door replaced with sliding glass doors - facing north. It's great in winter in this cold clime - warms up nicely. Warm days I leave them open - it's almost like working outside.

    On very hot days like today I have to leave the heavy curtains (!! ) closed and open up the side windows for natural light.
    "... it is better to succeed in originality than to fail in imitation" (Herman Melville's letters)

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    Quote Originally Posted by SilentButDeadly View Post
    this has been the first shed I've had with a sliding door.
    G'day SBD. I want to fit a 3m wide sliding door in the side of my shed. Could you advise me on what sliding systems are available?
    Rusty

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    I have the best type of doors on my shed - free or close to free doors.
    Personal access door is a solid bliockboard type door picked up from a job, complete with a good keyed entrance set. 2 large roller doors (about 3.6M & 3M wide) @$150 each and 1x 2.4M wide which I picked up as a set of three @ $150 including a motor and remote for one of them. The two extras are going onto the small shed extension (shortly). I also scored two brand new steel cased blockboard doors complete with metal jambs from my neighbour. He was going to tip them. One will go on my office when I build it, the other will be the new entrance door when I do the major extension (90 - 120M2) in the next 12 months or so.

    Mick
    "If you need a machine today and don't buy it,

    tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."

    - Henry Ford 1938

  5. #20
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    I have two rollers on mine - seems for the cars mainly. #@*!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JB View Post
    G'day SBD. I want to fit a 3m wide sliding door in the side of my shed. Could you advise me on what sliding systems are available?
    Try doing a search for 'wheel hangers'......but what you are after is something like this http://www.hendersonrmd.com.au/tophu...run300&450.pdf You can also find them at Bunnings in the castors section.
    Ours is not to reason why.....only to point and giggle.

  7. #22
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    Roller door. Good for access for big items and for letting in the fresh air / sunshine. 2 x single doors at rear. I like Roller doors, because they dont take up much room when they are open.
    Young kids cancels shed time

  8. #23
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    thanks sbd, that helps
    Rusty

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    Yonnee is offline Trailer Bloke & Mild Mannered Moderator
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    Sliding doors for me.

    My first shed had 9' walls and single roller doors with removable mullion. Great for being able to open one or the other or both either full or part way depending on access required and weather. Only problem was that even with modifying the brackets to raise the doors as high as they would go, the highest point of the opening was 7'6".

    Next shed (rental property) was also 9' walls with a tilt-a-door. Much higher opening, but required the use of a rope to close it, and there were only two choices... ...fully open, or fully closed. Also, even with the higher opening, it still wouldn't fit a horse float or a full height caravan with an A/C to be able to work on them.

    Now, the current shed has 10' walls and sliding doors. Gives me everything I need...
    ...9'6" high access, open as far or as little as I want (both doors can open to give me 6 metres accross), and my 7 year old "short stuff" son can open and close them without a rope.
    Too many projects, so little time, even less money!
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