Replacement Wooden Shed Doors

Mightywhites1971

Our wooden communal garden shed has just been broken into.  The wooden doors have been smashed to bits.  The problem is I cannot find any replacement doors to fit.  Does anyone know of anywhere I can get them made to size?  FYI my DIY skills are rubbish and it will be challenging to hang them - never mind attempting to make them!

Martin_the_Unjust

Get a handyman to make and fit, it’ll probably be the cheaper option in the long run.

TELLIT01

Search for local shed manufacturers.  Doors are pretty much standard sizes so they should be able supply, or make one for you.

Mightywhites1971

Martin_the_Unjust said:

Get a handyman to make and fit, it’ll probably be the cheaper option in the long run.

I have been trying, but none are interested.

TELLIT01 said:

Search for local shed manufacturers.  Doors are pretty much standard sizes so they should be able supply, or make one for you.

Most shed doors I have seen are a lot taller than mine  - 1.91m to my shed doors being 1.66m. I'll keep looking.

Martin_the_Unjust

Mightywhites1971 said:

Martin_the_Unjust said:

Get a handyman to make and fit, it’ll probably be the cheaper option in the long run.

I have been trying, but none are interested.

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Jonboy_1984

They normally have a trim allowance, one I recently bought had 10cm trimmable space top and bottom(so 20cm total). 

Mightywhites1971

Jonboy_1984 said:

They normally have a trim allowance, one I recently bought had 10cm trimmable space top and bottom(so 20cm total). 

The ones I have found only have a 10mm trim allowance top and bottom 🤔

Auti

Try your local wood shop - mine makes shed doors/garden gates etc and are happy to take your measurements and for a fee they deliver  

casper_gutman

What was the construction of the previous doors? If they were ledged and braced with cladding applied on one side then they're basically the same as timber gates. There are various companies will make these to size for delivery if you can't find anyone locally.

I've used one company all-gates.co.uk a couple of times for gates. A custom-sized framed, ledged and braced gate/door up to 1800mm high by 900mm wide, with  tongue and grove cladding, is just over £200 plus delivery - see All Gates TGV Gate - Ledge & Braced Multiple Sizes Available (all-gates.co.uk). If the cheapest option (with featheredge cladding - might not be as weatherproof as you'd want for a shed door, though) meets your needs then you can get it for is £65, plus delivery - see All Gates Closeboard Gates - Ledge & Braced Multiple Sizes Available (all-gates.co.uk). I doubt you'd get anyone locally to make a one-off door for less.

On the other hand, will you be fitting it yourself? If you'll be needing a carpenter/handyperson to install it then it might well be preferable to have then make or buy the door too.