Roll-UP Garage Doors, Any Experience?

[Dusty1]

Hey guys, I'm a conractor in Southern Ohio in the process of building a 30' X 65' shop. I need some commercial roll-up doors for this and have received some quotes, but I have no experience with the brands I'm dealing with, so I could use some of you're help.

I have been looking specifically at Porvene and Janus doors, both light commercial doors are 26 gauge steel and will be insulated. I'm getting 2 doors 16' wide X 12' tall, and 1 12' wide X 12' tall (no, I won't be running the rops into these babys).

So anyway, do you have roll-up doors? If so what brand? Would you recomend them? Thanks for you're help.

 

[timswi]

I don't have a commercial door. I have a 16x8 insulated Wayne Dalton door with an i-drive opener. Been on my 30x48 pole building for about 7 years. No problems at all. In fact, I installed theim on a couple of other garages around the neighborhood and everyone's happy. I'm not a garage door installer..Just a DIYer

 

[Dusty1]

Yeah, that's a sectional door, not a roll-up. Roll-ups are nice because there are no tracks overhead to run into, and the door dosen't cover up lights on the ceiling, plus they are less to service, not as many moving parts to wear out. I just installed an I-drive opener last week. It seems to be fine, but wayne dalton stopped making them because they were plagued with problems. I had to put that kind of opener in because clearance was an issue.

 

[timswi]

Yeah, that's a sectional door, not a roll-up. Roll-ups are nice because there are no tracks overhead to run into, and the door dosen't cover up lights on the ceiling, plus they are less to service, not as many moving parts to wear out. I just installed an I-drive opener last week. It seems to be fine, but wayne dalton stopped making them because they were plagued with problems. I had to put that kind of opener in because clearance was an issue.

When did they quit making the I-drive?...Just installed one a couple of months ago..There are around 6 in the neighborhood and not one has had a problem yet, me included.

I guess I took the rollup as a generic term..Sorry for throwing this off topic.

 

[danktx]

Dusty, I have 3 roll up doors on my building and I'm not completely happy with them. Two are 10' wide and 12' tall and one is 16' wide and 12' tall. I don't know their brand. One issue with the 16' wide door is it is fairly flimsy horizontally and rattles LOUDLY in its tracks if the wind is gusting, you can see the door bowing in or out 4 to 6 inches at mid-point depending on wind direction too.

My building has 14' eave heights with 12' doors so the drum the door winds around are mounted close to the top of my opening so when the doors are down a large gap exists at the top of the openings. To correct this the drum would need to be mounted several feet above the opening with the guides also extending some distance above the door opening. If you are looking to insulate well you might consider enclosing the doors in a box to stop air infiltration.

One of my worry's with all the doors but mainly the 16' wide door is security. If someone, were to push in the center of the roll up door, the edge of the door can be easily sucked out of their guide tracks allowing easy access to your building. The 10' wide doors are marginally stiffer but in either case way too easy to gain access.

 

[2458n]

Most sectional doors use metal struts to help support the door when it is overhead in the horizontal position. These struts help a door meet Floridas code for hurricanes. A garage door of any make or model provides little protection from a well placed truck bumper ! A previous job allowed me to purchase and compare garage doors of different manufactures. The end result allowed the company I worked for to reverse engineer some ideas into their products. The main thing is you usually get what you pay for. Good luck with a roll door as it is hard to replace a dented panel.

 

[eepete]

We have roll-up doors at our new fire substation and hate them. The small one (10 x 10) is maybee OK but the bigger ones (12 x 14) rattle a lot and have had problems with the doors chattering and getting stuck. The are also slow as molasses (of course when we use them, we're in a big hurry too :laughing.

When they were installed, the subs that came after that used the space where tracks would have been if we had sectional/panel doors. So to change them out, we have to move water, gas, and electric lines. So if you go the roll-up door route, be sure to leave the area ready to take a panel door without moving other stuff. If the doors you get aren't good, the price of going to a track panel door will be reasonable.

Pete

 

[timswi]

We have roll-up doors at our new fire substation and hate them. The small one (10 x 10) is maybee OK but the bigger ones (12 x 14) rattle a lot and have had problems with the doors chattering and getting stuck. The are also slow as molasses (of course when we use them, we're in a big hurry too :laughing.

When they were installed, the subs that came after that used the space where tracks would have been if we had sectional/panel doors. So to change them out, we have to move water, gas, and electric lines. So if you go the roll-up door route, be sure to leave the area ready to take a panel door without moving other stuff. If the doors you get aren't good, the price of going to a track panel door will be reasonable.

Pete

I've heard the same opinion of rollups. OK for limited use spaces but not in and out. When I was building my house, my storage building had one...Hated it.

 

[timswi]

FYI..It appears that Wayne Dalton sold out, or was bought out, to Overhead Garage Door..Bummer, a good "small" company gone. Their customer service and support was incredible in my experience. Now what?

 

[irvingj]

Ditto on the Wayne Daltons... had a garage built 6 years ago, had two 10-foot wide doors (std. 8' height) with I-drive installed. A little oil every now & then, but so far no problems. They get a fair amount of use, too.