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How you getting on with the build?
We're at floor level still - Insulated, taped, and glued & screwed t&g chipboard. It's level, and solid af, which makes me happy.
I've been wanting a clear few days to get the walls framed & roof up, so that I can feel happy that the floor will not suck up a few tonnes of water. This hasn't happened, though, and I'm not even at home until September.
When I get back, I'll likely hire someone to help - We need the garden back, and the domestic goodwill needs refreshing.
The perimeter has a bunch of old treated sleepers retaining a path around, with big spikes holding those in place.
Around the edge of the floor frame, I've also stapled wire mesh, so that I can keep out any leaf / other debris, and maintain ventilation.
For the door frame, I have already designed in a 6mm sheet steel frame, at the suggestion of the door people, and I've been considering a box section header. Much for the reasons that you've suggested.
I need to talk to the blacksmith in any case, as I want them to quote for a door for the shed side too.
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How you getting on with the build?
I have lesson learned from mine that's giving me headaches now that I thought I'd share. My header beam for the bifold door has sagged ever so slightly which is making the doors more effort to operate. Correcting it now is difficult.
My header (for 3m bifold) is two 2x8s glued together with 2x4 under and above to effectively make 4x12. I suspect it has sagged as it has dried out over the year it's kept dry.
If i were to do it again, I'd layer in a steel box section.