I’m going to be building a 48x48x16 pole shed. I’m looking for overhead door opinions from people who have built a shed similar in size. I’m torn between doing 2- 12x14 overhead doors or just one 24x14 door on the gable end. Has anyone added 2 doors and wish they had one big door instead? I’m leaning towards doing one large door. If anyone has pictures if their 48x48 or 50x50 shop I would love to see pictures of it them!
Overhead door opinions
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sjvicker
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Here's what my front Elevation looks like with Two 12x14 doors in a 40' width.
I intend to park RV's in mine and having the doors spaced will give room to pull in and open the RV slides.
I intend to park RV's in mine and having the doors spaced will give room to pull in and open the RV slides.
Fav Onefour
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Door layout really depends on intended use.
You could get a thousand opinions for a thousand uses.
A big door makes a big hole every time you open the thing. On the other hand, smaller doors are a pain if you are moving big stuff in and out.
What is the intended use for the pole shed? One large door allows you to move wide items in and out. It also leaves the front corners harder to use. Work benches and small item storage work great in those nooks. Multiple openings make it easier to just "drive in" if items fit through the door. It may be a better setup for basic vehicle storage. It also leaves less space for dedicated workshop.
BTW, I'm glad you have a man door in the mock up. Either way, I'd have one of those. That door will get the most use.
You could get a thousand opinions for a thousand uses.
A big door makes a big hole every time you open the thing. On the other hand, smaller doors are a pain if you are moving big stuff in and out.
What is the intended use for the pole shed? One large door allows you to move wide items in and out. It also leaves the front corners harder to use. Work benches and small item storage work great in those nooks. Multiple openings make it easier to just "drive in" if items fit through the door. It may be a better setup for basic vehicle storage. It also leaves less space for dedicated workshop.
BTW, I'm glad you have a man door in the mock up. Either way, I'd have one of those. That door will get the most use.
I wish my garage had two smaller doors instead of one big one for two reasons: 1) The big door lets a lot of conditioned air out every time it's opened; and 2) the big door lets the wind blow a whole lot of leaves in every time it's opened. But I've never needed to move anything through that wouldn't fit through the smaller door.
This shed will be intended to store vehicles and our horse trailer in. In the back I plan on putting a 16’x 48’ mezzanine in with a kitchen/butcher shop underneath of it. My main concern is backing the trailer into a smaller opening rather than one big one and not limiting myself for anything in the future. I’m actually planning to put a 12x12 OH door on the long side to pull vehicles in and out of more frequently. I just hear of a lot of people wishing they had done stuff differently after their builds are done and I want to limit that as much as possible with mine.
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johnre
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A single door has much less stress on the mechanical parts than a double - roughly a factor of two less - and the door panels are not subject to as much sag in the middle to to the constant cable tension on the ends. If you can fit everything through a single door, go for that.