Shed Door Out Of Fence Panels

The plan is to make two 20 x 68 door panels.

Shed door out of fence panels.

Separate the panels of a steel garage door to create raised beds for your backyard. These panels also come in 4 x8 sizes and are perfect for easily siding your shed. Make sure the seams in the top and bottom scrap pieces are aligned before nailing them into place. Because this door is made from pickets it needs a solid wood base.

We are using a piece of plywood for this you probably cut this out if you added sheathing to the shed wall. Assemble the doors with 6d nails driven at a slight angle so they don t poke through the opposite side. My preference is tongue and groove 9 16 x 6 x 8 real size 9 16 x 5 pine boards for the battens. This is the size of your base plywood.

Barrette outdoor living is one of the largest manufacturers of fencing railing and outdoor living products in the usa. Build the doors using treated lumber and following figure b. As you can see in the example pic above siding is started in the middle of the door opening. T1 111 siding being used on a barn shed.

This way when you cut the panels out you will have two equal sizes for building your double shed doors with. They re available from most lumber supply stores. So measure the door opening and subtract 1 2. The door opening after it s been finished and trimmed is 40 x 68.

The cost of siding a shed with board and batten depends on the shed dimensions plus the widths of the planks used and the grade of lumber even 5 4 thick pressure treated deck boards cheaper than premium or select grade or fence boards could be used. The best part of this use is that there s no modification required. Once they ve been broken apart the panels. Now this base needs to be smaller than the door opening 1 4 on all sides.

Use scrap siding panels for the door panels since the middle 1x4 hides the gap. I buy them in bundles of 4 boards.