{"id":6329,"date":"2022-08-12T23:15:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T23:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=6329"},"modified":"2025-09-28T09:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T08:50:55","slug":"shed-shenanigans-installing-a-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=6329","title":{"rendered":"HOME\/DiY: Shed Shenanigans – Installing a Door"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ta-dah! My best door yet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday I started opening up what was formerly just a window, with a view (geddit!?) to introducing a door instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The \u2018before\u2019 state.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And then today I actually got the door cut down to size and installed. It was a funny old process. I managed to size the door on the first cut. Unusual for me! And I had a load of plastic shims that were massively helpful in doing a better fit\/install than most of my previous efforts with \u2018Dianas\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Viewed from inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I really like the warm glow in the above picture. The evening sunlight coming through the tree, the leaves dappling the honey coloured light\u2026 \u2018tis lovely!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lunching, whilst working.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Backtracking a bit, above was today\u2019s luncheon break. French toast, sliced apple, and cream o\u2019tomato soup. Yum! The door became a temp\u2019 table, in the manner of Alan Partridge\u2019s \u2018Apache Solutions\u2019 pitch to Dante\u2019s Fireplaces (what\u2019s the burning issue!?). Like Alan, I didn\u2019t have a hat hard-on\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, recapitulating the process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A new opening is cut out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The new opening was wider than the original window. So I had to add a new vertical structural member. And I didn\u2019t have the exact right timber, to match the rest of the framing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The internal view: note new right hand beam.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Offering up the as yet un-trimmed door.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As you can see, in the above pic, the door was too tall. So I had to trim a few inches off the bottom. But luckily the bottom was oversized (ooh, matron!), so I could shave a bit off. And to finish, a side by side of before and after. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m very pleased with this change. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m chuffed with how this turned out. And I might also add windows at this end, poss\u2019 even on both sides\u2026 Hmmm!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Potential colour scheme?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And finally (again!), a potential colour scheme. On the left is \u2018Wood Pigeon\u2019, and on the right \u2018Tell Me A Secret\u2019. Both are Valspar, B&Q\u2019s paint range. Which I really like. And I love the colour names. Silly, perhaps. But satisfying!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I started opening up what was formerly just a window, with a view (geddit!?) to introducing a door instead. And then today I actually got the door cut down to size and installed. It was a funny old process. I managed to size the door on the first cut. Unusual for me! And I … <\/p>\n

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