TL;DR
A double shed door is the pair of hinged leaves on an outbuilding that open to a combined width of five to eight feet, admitting riding mowers, snow blowers, and wheelbarrows that a single 36-inch door turns away. One leaf typically carries an astragal strip sealing the center gap and stays pinned by cane bolts into the floor and header while the other serves daily traffic.
What it means
A double shed door is the pair of hinged leaves on an outbuilding that open to a combined width of five to eight feet, admitting riding mowers, snow blowers, and wheelbarrows that a single 36-inch door turns away. One leaf typically carries an astragal strip sealing the center gap and stays pinned by cane bolts into the floor and header while the other serves daily traffic. Sagging is the breed's chronic ailment, fought with diagonal bracing in the leaf, generous hinges, and a header that actually carries the span, details worth checking on any shed quote.
Where it sits in the glossary
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