[KevinEF7]

The shed on the house I moved into recently had no doors at all, so I made some simple chip board doors to match the rest of the shed, gave them simple borders, some paint, a lock and thought I was done. But now every morning the doors like to swing out a bit, they dont seal shut, would a simple wood strip on the backside of one of the door cause the doors to not be able to do this?

They swing slightly outward, maybe only an inch or so, but enough to allow snow in when it arrives shortly. Only other option Im thinking is a pin latch on the top or a magnet "catch" on the inside. Curious how this is commonly solved

 

[Bondo]

Ayuh,.... Put a pin latch at the top,....

My guess is yer doors ain't rigid enough,... too flimsy,...

 

[Colbyt]

I used the exact same construction method. Well painted on all 6 sides they will last for years.

A barrel bolt latch at the top and the bottom on one panel will greatly increase the rigidity and security. The larger version of this homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-2-1-2-in-Zinc-Plated-Barrel-Bolt-15142/202033904

 

[Bud9051]

As Colbyt said, all 6 sides. Didi you paint the inside of the new doors, and the edger all the way around. If it is changing overnight I would suspect moisture/humidity expanding one side and not the other.

Just a guess,
Bud

 

[DexterII]

I agree with painting all six edges, will definitely minimize warping over time, but doubt that is the direct cause of what you are seeing now. Any latch is going to allow a certain amount of movement when the receiving end is not stationary. For example, the doors in your home would act similarly if the jambs were not anchored. At the top, I would tack stops if your don't have them, doesn't need to be much, say a strip of 1x or whatever you have laying around, so that when the doors are properly closed they butt to it. That still leaves both doors free to come out though, so a pin at the top as previously suggested is what I would do. What's going on at the bottoms of the doors? Looks like they butt the slab when closed? Not sure that I would want to drill the concrete for a pin, but can see myself doing something as simple as tying a weight to the bottom of the one with the pin to hold the bottom in place, at least in the winter, when I assume you don't use the shed as much. Maybe I live around too many ******** or whatever, but have also seen a number of times when people had a cement block against the outside of the least used side.