I Like Sliding Barn Doors

[mddorange]

It’s a work shop. One of the tools is a 210 lb Hay Budden and multiple 2 to 4 lb hammers, an opener would be like lipstick on a pig.

:thumbsup: I understand. You have a very solid door and very well thought out.

I was just wondering. I put one on my sliding barn door, but them I use it so that I don't have to get off my tractor.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

:thumbsup: I understand. You have a very solid door and very well thought out.

I was just wondering. I put one on my sliding barn door, but them I use it so that I don't have to get off my tractor.

That makes sense. We’re going to build a barn with an apartment in it along with a two car garage and a spot for the motorhome. The car garage will have an opener for sure.

As for the welding shop, I will not be using an opener. I set up the slab and framing for an 8 ft door on he side and a 30 inch by 72 inch sliding window in the south end for ventilation during the summer months when working inside.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I came up with some fasteners for metal buildings that remedied that. We did some research and seriously considered going after some patents. In the country thieves are nortorious for removing the screws and then pulling back the sheets for access. I致e had clients have had come back in after such a break in and weld in cattle panels on the inside of the framing to slow them down even further.

Most of the theft resistant fasteners depend upon a unique head, one ways, snake eyes, etc. But you can go to any good industrial supply and buy a kit with all of the nutsetters for those fasteners and with your little impact be in business. My idea was to have the fasteners go in and then gall out in one instance so that they couldn稚 be removed without cutting them out. You don稚 need all of the fasteners to be theft deterrent, just that occasional one that changes the exercise in thievery.

 

[nybirdman]

Nice build but wouldn't work very well in our "snow country".

 

[jmc]

They make bridge fasteners where the head's drive geometry would break off once a certain drive torque was reached- a nice visual inspection trick. Maybe siding screws too, for security.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Some years ago I built a wall around the storage area of a lawnmower shop. Bad guys had cut the nine gauge chainlink and walked off with some equipment, chainsaws mostly.

This was my solution. And as of the other day, seven years later, bad guys haven稚 returned.

Expanded metal. What痴 neat about this particular pattern is you can稚 really see inside if the openings are angled up.

Powder actuated fasteners to steel framework does a couple of things, one the only way through is with a cutting method and itç—´ faster than drilling and bolting or using tek screws.

The top edge was a personal statement from me to the bad guys.

Oh, 11 feet high using 2 X 4 X 1/4 inch angle framework, never an issue in the wind, got lucky I guess.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Nice build but wouldn't work very well in our "snow country".

Spring, Summer, and Fall in North Texas, Winter in Yuma, what is snow?

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I am working on my new shop and considered the roll ups for the main door. This is just a small blacksmith/welding shop 16 feet wide and 40 feet long. The door is at the north end of the building. I am spitting distance from the Red River. I have not figured out why the Okies never maintain that fence on their side of the river. But it always seems down in the winter time and the northern winds come down with a vengeance.

As you look at the project keep in mind the budget has been tight. In fact it was the size and amount of some used materials that dictated the size and shape.

A roll up door would mean letting in all the cold air from Oklahoma when the door is opened and or letting all of my hot air out. A sliding door on the other hand would mean I only had to open the door wide enough for an old fat man to get in. Plus since I made and installed the door I can fix anything that goes wrong. A rolling door on the other hand might come up with some issues that has to be handled by others.

The opening is a little over ten feet wide. The hangar brackets are hung on 1/2 inch bolts that are welded on the inside of the framing. A nut holds the bracket away from the siding, another nut secures the bracket and rail in place. They羆*e on forty inch approx centers.

I say what ever works for you; looks like you have it all figured out. I have a 24X32 shop; it sits E&W, with a 16' roll up door on the East, and a conventional man sized door on the West. It has a lean to roof on the West, a bay of windows on the South and a solid wall on the North. It works great for me. I occasionally have to get my mower out, but in the Winter, that's mostly just to haul wood to the house, or if the weather is nice, maybe mulching some leaves and/or taking a 1/2 inch off the lawn. I like the roll up; it's light and being 16', it's easy and handy for getting our Impalas in and out.

It's also insulated, so It's always about 10 or 15 degrees warmer in the Winter and cooler in the Summer.

 

[shooterdon]

Nice build but wouldn't work very well in our "snow country".

Just what I was thinking. 135" a year here and drifts make some areas worse. Roll up for me.

 

[txdon]

Nice build Harvey. I'll need to post some picks of a non-sliding Morton sliding door that has an $3K estimate to fix and all I can see is a slightly bent top rail.