Need ideas for doors

[BSAschields]

This topic interest me very much. I have this outbuilding that I am using for a garage. The current doors are from the inside of the house and are not going to last for ever but the worst part is that it is difficult to get the car in and out . Plus they are not very secure.
I want to replace them but when ever I see doors that I like , I cant picture them on this building. I like carriage doors but then they seem too fancy. I like the sliding doors but the building is too narrow and I dont want the rail hanging out in the middle of nowhere. The doors that I made on my other shed is probably my best bet but I was hoping for an idea that looks amazingly cool. Maybe that just entails getting some age patina on what ever I do.


Constant work

[BSAschields]

I do intend to change the entire look of the building eventually . Add another bay to it and change the siding to wood maybe..... But that down the road. Just want to change the doors for now. Any ideas in keeping with the rest of the place are welcome.

justbarns.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=current&thread=21&page=1#42

[chaz]

Those doors are so nice I'd keep them. You could veneer them to a new more functional garage door that lifts and slides back. It'd be a shame to lose that look.

[tarnished]

BSAschields, Great old place you have. Love your doors, but I can see where your needing something that will last for the next 50 years. Is it possible to just rebuild them and keep them? Or are they so far gone as to not be functional? Shame to lose them, but sometimes ya just have to start over. Perhaps you could use them as interior doors in new shed or something? Know what you mean about having to look right. Don't care for the slider sticking out the side, but how about double tracks or triple that let the doors slide behind each other all to one side? kinda stacking up so to speak? Maybe use the old doors on overhead trac? Pretty sure you can find track to do this with. Just a thought.
Love your bank barn with the lower open bent beside the ramp. Don't see that much!
John
(moved this due to posting in wrong place... DUH! senior moment!)

[BSAschields]

I saw this in a kitchen renovation magazine. It was a full pic of the kitchen but the window stood out to me right away. Lucky for me it was in focus. I think these doors would look good on my shed. Could make them swing and it would be a fun project.
As far as my old doors , I do love them which is why I want to replace them and use them somewhere else.

[brewswane]

I want to try a Bi-fold door. Folds horizontally
like this www.bifold.com/why.php

[BSAschields]

I wound up building these doors for my project this past weekend

[Dave]

They look great, like the notch in the top of the Z. What is the wood that you used?

[BSAschields]

The vertical back board is tongue and groove pine. The Z and bottom skirt boards are oak. The notch is the same on the bottoms as well but the tricky focus filter makes that hard to see in this photo.

[Dave]

Thanks for the info, I can see the notch now that I know it is there.

[BSAschields]

Finally finishing up the doors . Paint the hardware and finish the trim. Happy camper...

[Dave]

Nice job.

[ohiosam]

They look good and very appropriate to the structure.

[buiboy]

Nice look & great craftsmanship!