We're now in the home stretch with the shed project, with the idea that we're now hanging a door. If you remember, the door frame was made from an old chain link gate that was widened and heightened with extra tubing. I had to salvage a pair of gate hinges from the old garden gate, which consisted of two female sections, which are for the narrow tubing, while the male section of the hinge set is for a 2 3/8" tube, which the gate would be hanging on. The two female sections are held together with a large 5/8 nut and bolt. With the hinges done, I was able to hang the frame in place. I did have to do a bunch of tweaking to get the hinges in a position I was happy with prior to hanging the sheet metal on the frame. With the gate in place, I took a piece of sheet metal I had left over from the roofing, which measures 4ft in length. I wouldn't need the entire 4ft as there will need to be gaps to ensure the gate can open and close smoothly. After hanging the first panel, I was able to start dialing in the gate, testing the opening and closing and trimming the edges of the panel along with the edges of the wall to ensure everything operated smoothly, with no hangups. After getting things where I was satisfied, I hung another piece of sheet metal, after measuring and cutting that from an intermediate length piece I had. With the two panels in place, I did more dialing in with the second panel in place, trimming on the second panel. After a lot of opening and closing, I finally got the door situated where it will close properly and open all the way to 90 degrees relative to the wall. There will be a large gap around the edges of the door that will need to be addressed. I have a couple of ideas on how to address this. One is to use some rubberized PVC cut into strips and attached to both the door and wall, made to flex as the door opens and closes, allowing for the folding of the material when the door is closed. This would hopefully allow for proper shedding of water. The other idea is to make a mini awning for the top that will help shed water around the top of the door, maybe extending that to the sides to make what amounts to the little window shield things on a car that help shed rain while allowing you to open the window slightly for venting. I will probably go with the first idea since this is more easily achievable. I still need to put a handle and hasp on the door to be able to lock the door. There's still the matter of caulk and foam, and running the electrical system, all of which are easy, they'll just take a little time to accomplish. Hopefully in the next day or so we'll have all this done and the shed will be complete and ready for use.
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