handirifle
Veteran Member
OK my workshop currently has a metal roll up garage type door. Not the ones that roll into a roll above the header, but ones that come back on tracks. My door is roughly 8ft high and 12ft wide. Before someone asks, I do not have enough room above the header for the true roll up doors, nor do I have the cash for them.
SO with that out of the way, I am thinking bi-fold for several reasons. One is width, I don't want to worry about sagging 6ft wide doors, since there is only sloping decomposed granite outside and would not do well with wheels under the doors.
In addition, one side of the building has only about 5ft from door opening to the corner and that would mean it would stick out past the building. I don't like that. Also, on windy days a 6ft door can be hard to control, or dangerous.
So I am thinking bi-fold, with some sort of track system above, like a heavy duty closet door. Bi-fold doors would look pretty cool, too, I think. I am planning on windows at the top, and insulated, probably with foam.
Do you guys know of sources for materials like the track, or any other ideas? The concrete slab, at the door opening has a 1" step down to it, for when heavy rains hit us, it does not come into the main floor area, so I could use some sort of rubber door seal on the door bottoms.
edit:forgot to add, some of my reasons for this are; the door gets in the way when working on projects near the ceiling, and it blocks out my overhead lights, when open. On hot days I do not want to work with it closed either.
SO with that out of the way, I am thinking bi-fold for several reasons. One is width, I don't want to worry about sagging 6ft wide doors, since there is only sloping decomposed granite outside and would not do well with wheels under the doors.
In addition, one side of the building has only about 5ft from door opening to the corner and that would mean it would stick out past the building. I don't like that. Also, on windy days a 6ft door can be hard to control, or dangerous.
So I am thinking bi-fold, with some sort of track system above, like a heavy duty closet door. Bi-fold doors would look pretty cool, too, I think. I am planning on windows at the top, and insulated, probably with foam.
Do you guys know of sources for materials like the track, or any other ideas? The concrete slab, at the door opening has a 1" step down to it, for when heavy rains hit us, it does not come into the main floor area, so I could use some sort of rubber door seal on the door bottoms.
edit:forgot to add, some of my reasons for this are; the door gets in the way when working on projects near the ceiling, and it blocks out my overhead lights, when open. On hot days I do not want to work with it closed either.
