Storage building door recommendations

[MossRoad]

Too complicated and tracks on the bottom are super prone to dirt, ice, weeds, etc.

 

[Diggin It]

A search for 'rolling horizontal doors' gets quite a few results including residential garages. Didn't dig far enough to find commercial or industrial versions.

 

[plowhog]

Schweiss is a leader in both bifold and hydraulic doors. I owned an airplane hangar for 20 years that had a Schweiss bifold door-- it was flawless and never needed a repair. It also sealed surprisingly well-- impervious seal all along the door, only slight mis-fit at each edge. It was a 50' wide door that was the entire wall on one side of the hangar.

I also had a walk door added within the bifold, so if I wasn't moving an airplane I could get in and out of the building without running the bifold.

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[adlertom]

I guess they're called swing-up post doors now. They are hinged at the top and latched at the bottoms.

This is likely the best option for me - two or more overhead doors separated by swing up post(s). Thank you @MossRoad for making me aware that these even existed!

One thing I'd like to know more about is the weather/vermin seal around that swing-up post. Does anyone who has experience with these doors have any observations about that?

I'm sure that this solution would be less expensive than a bi-fold or hydraulic swing up door. I'd love to hear cost examples for an installation like this, if anyone has actually put one in and could share. Obviously the size and number of doors would affect the cost, but it still would be useful info.

 

[MossRoad]

This is likely the best option for me - two or more overhead doors separated by swing up post(s). Thank you @MossRoad for making me aware that these even existed!

One thing I'd like to know more about is the weather/vermin seal around that swing-up post. Does anyone who has experience with these doors have any observations about that?

I'm sure that this solution would be less expensive than a bi-fold or hydraulic swing up door. I'd love to hear cost examples for an installation like this, if anyone has actually put one in and could share. Obviously the size and number of doors would affect the cost, but it still would be useful info.

As I recall, they were just as weather sealed as any other roll-up garage door.

 

[fidowanttobe]

This is likely the best option for me - two or more overhead doors separated by swing up post(s). Thank you @MossRoad for making me aware that these even existed!

One thing I'd like to know more about is the weather/vermin seal around that swing-up post. Does anyone who has experience with these doors have any observations about that?

I'm sure that this solution would be less expensive than a bi-fold or hydraulic swing up door. I'd love to hear cost examples for an installation like this, if anyone has actually put one in and could share. Obviously the size and number of doors would affect the cost, but it still would be useful info.

We have these at my school in the carpentry shop. Allows for door operation often, as a normal doors, then allows for the tracks to be moved up to move completed buildings out of the huge opening. Not a pain, but time consuming to have to do daily which we obviously don't. Ours are probably 25 years old now so there are probably lot better products out there. Need to check with your local commercial door retailer.
Never noticed any mouse issues in that shop, but always have traps set.