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A bit of an impulse buy this week.
I’ve been wondering what I’d do for doors in the shop for a while now. My preference was always two large barn door type dealies that I lovingly handcrafted from….ok that was never really going to happen. Doors like that take time, skill and money. I didn’t want my first foray into the world of door building to be a 2.4m wide feature of the backyard.
So I thought about glass sliding doors instead. While it means the doorway opening is reduced to half the size of the barn door style, it also means they don’t take up any extra room when open. And with the garage mouth being so wide, the opening is still 1.2m, more than a standard doorway.
I was pleasantly surprised once I started fitting it into the building, it seems I’ve picked up a few little tricks over the past few months while labouring for a builder. I got the whole assembly in on my own, inside of 30 minutes. The only sticking point, mind the pun, was one of the wheels was broken on the door which made it very hard to slide. I figured this would happen though so a quick trip to the hardware store had it sorted.
I’m very close to finishing off this renovation now that the door is done. I need to finish installing some lights, do a little bit of plastering around the new doorway and sort out the fireplace, then all the major work is done. Soon enough it will be time to start thinking about building a workbench.
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