Last year, I noticed that one of the finger joints on the door was failing. I also may have figured out a way to reduce the amount of rain that runs down the door. So this spring I’m replacing the door frame.
The door frame is probably the most stressed part of the entire structure, because the two belly bands are pulling it apart. The corners are secured with 3/8 carriage bolts and corner braces.
The old frame was flat across the top. in order for the door to be able to open, the two door rafters ended at the frame instead of going past the door. (All the other rafters go a few inches past the khana.) When it rains, whatever water falls above the door would just run down the INSIDE of the door and soak the first rug.
I added this arced board over the top of the door to fix the rain ingress issues. Now the rain drips off the roof a few inches beyond the door. And because water always flows down, most of the water actually drips to the sides of the door.
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