{"id":6136,"date":"2022-07-22T22:44:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T22:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=6136"},"modified":"2024-02-08T09:54:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T09:54:46","slug":"home-diy-shed-door-office-shelves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=6136","title":{"rendered":"HOME\/DiY: Shed Door & Office Shelves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Makeshift protection whilst door\u2019s off!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Over the last day or three I found myself having to repair the door to one of our sheds. This door – a Freecycle freebie of many moons past – was old and knackered when we got it. And it\u2019s subsequently fallen apart a couple of times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About four or five days ago, whilst putting stuff in said shed, this same door totally<\/em> fell apart on me\u2026 again! Wish I\u2019d have gotten pics! It was really something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I removed it, with a view to repairing or replacing it. I prob\u2019 oughta just replace it. But lack of funds means fixing is the more immediate viable option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fixing the door\u2026 again!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last time I fixed it simply by gluing the old joints back together, using clamps and straps, in the hope it\u2019d all bind up ok. And it did, for a year or more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But lately it\u2019s been falling apart for what is poss\u2019 the third time. And this time the original joints are all snapped off. So when fixing it on this occasion, I\u2019ve added wooden patches, glued \u2018n\u2019 screwed, for belt \u2018n\u2019 braces double-action protection!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly the door has gone pretty severely askew, and sagged, such that even after re-assembly and patching up, it\u2019s not the greatest fit for the doorway of this shed. I had to both raise the hinges a wee bit, and cut into the lower door frame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Various patches hold it all together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And there are still ruddy great gaps, one (triangular!), at the top, and the other, running all the way down the right side on the door frame, fairly parallel. I\u2019ll be adding timber to address both! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But yesterday I simply re-hung the door. Ha\u2026 simply<\/em>!? I had to cut, chisel and saw away some of the basal frame, to allow the door to swing in and out! And I had to move it all up about 15mm as well, and re-drill and re-mount the hinges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cutting off a little excess frame.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The door is so skewed it\u2019s almost unreal! I had tried to address this when I first attempted to \u2018fix\u2019 this door, ages ago. But it seems that\u2019s a losing battle, so I eventually just went with it as it \u2018wanted\u2019 to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once re-hung, I moved the latch. I have plans to add wood to the top gap, and down the entire right side of the door frame, to finish this job. Oh, and prob a new cost of paint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Replaced and working, albeit rather wonky!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The job that occupied me most after the shed door was putting up four shelving brackets. I got these quite some time back, off the Amazon Vine program. They are black, metal, simple L-shapes, with pairs of small curled hooks at the base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest arse-ache when mounting brackets to walls is always drilling the holes and achieving decent fixtures. It seems the only really simple material would be wood. But 99% of the time one has to contend with either plasterboard (aka dry-wall) or plaster, bricks, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First shelf up, brackets for second at the ready.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On this occasion it was the latter. Plaster over bricks. Necessitating the use of my Hitachi hammer-drill with masonry drill bits. The biggest issue with this scenario is the drill bit wandering, and\/or the holes winding up too large. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve taken to remedying this by filling the drilled holes with Polyfilla, pushing wall-plugs in, and letting that go off for about 24 hours. I did the drilling and filling yesterday. So today I\u2019ll be mounting the brackets and screwing them in. I do hope this works!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Second set of brackets in place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The lower of the two shelves is cut, notched, and sanded down now. And already sat in its allotted position. I used an old shelf I got via Freecycle years ago. I wish I\u2019d have kept more of these shelves. I chopped a couple up for kindling\/firewood!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was attempting to shape some boards for the second shelf, yesterday. But the timber is so warped, cupped, twisted, etc, I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s too much to remedy? Still, the work gave me a chance to use my planes, esp\u2019 my Paul Seller\u2019s style scrub plane. And it was a bit of a work-out. Prob\u2019 good exercise!? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over the last day or three I found myself having to repair the door to one of our sheds. This door – a Freecycle freebie of many moons past – was old and knackered when we got it. And it\u2019s subsequently fallen apart a couple of times. About four or five days ago, whilst putting … <\/p>\n

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