moving garage door....

[Nightmare]

Absolutely nothing to do with me being an idiot....oh no.....or my missus being totally correct dammit

Glossing over that for now....My garage is too short for the car I want to put in it - by about an inch. However the (garador automatic) garage door is mounted back from the front for no good obvious reason - well probably for ease of fitting or whatever.....

Do any resident P/H experts on here have a view as to whether we could move the door to the front (seems doubtful given how its fixed to the wall) or any suggestions for ending up with an automatic garage door which shuts at the front of this wall, rather than current position? can take more pics if these dont provide enough info





ta for any thoughts or advice!

Night

[worsy]

You could put a frame up with opening out double doors. Moving a retractable, canopy, sectional or roller door to the front is nigh on impossible me thinks.

[Nightmare]

i have a nasty feeling you're right.....could get powered double doors i guess too

Ideal would still be a roller one just mounted into rails right at the front.....

[Gingerbread Man]

Nightmare said:

My garage is too short for the car I want to put in it - by about an inch.

Bet that stings!

[ATTAK Z]

Nightmare said:

Ideal would still be a roller one just mounted into rails right at the front.....

Bear in mind that that would restrict both width and more importantly height

[Nightmare]

Gingerbread Man said:

Bet that stings!

yes it sodding does! and its my bloody fault, argh

[Spudler]

Ditto above.

It can be done but the cost wouldn't make it viable.
Without sounding offensive the actual door is at the lower end of the range, maybe sell that one and replace with a door to fit between the opening. Cheapest option I would have thought.

[AndrewEH1]

This is a bit outside the box, but couldn't you fashion a ramp at one end of your garage so when you drive the car in you can gain a couple of inches? Depends on the car though...

Edited by AndrewEH1 on Tuesday 16th April 18:39

[Nightmare]

Spudler said:

Ditto above.

It can be done but the cost wouldn't make it viable.
Without sounding offensive the actual door is at the lower end of the range, maybe sell that one and replace with a door to fit between the opening. Cheapest option I would have thought.

hiya - am not remotely bothered about keeping existing door - just wanna know what the options are for actually putting one right at the entrance instead of set back as it is currently

thanks for all help so far chaps...ramp idea....interesting! wonder how much it would need to slope to actually work....

[LooneyTunes]

Nightmare said:

I might be being a bit thick, but in the pic above it looks like it's running in channels screwed to the side of the opening. What's stopping you unscrewing them and re-fixing closer to the front of the opening?

[AndrewEH1]

LooneyTunes said:

I might be being a bit thick, but in the pic above it looks like it's running in channels screwed to the side of the opening. What's stopping you unscrewing them and re-fixing closer to the front of the opening?

That has potential but you would probably have to cut off the support arm and spring assembly so it would shut, unless you take out some brickwork at each side so the arm/spring can move forward too.

[LooneyTunes]

AndrewEH1 said:

LooneyTunes said:

I might be being a bit thick, but in the pic above it looks like it's running in channels screwed to the side of the opening. What's stopping you unscrewing them and re-fixing closer to the front of the opening?

That has potential but you would probably have to cut off the support arm and spring assembly so it would shut, unless you take out some brickwork at each side so the arm/spring can move forward too.

Not necessarily. Mine are fitted in a similar way, with the spring assembly etc all fitting behind the channel itself. The doors are pretty much flush with the front of the garage with no extra cut-outs for the mechanism.

Will all depend on the specifics of the OP's door/frame I guess.

[AndrewEH1]

LooneyTunes said:

Not necessarily. Mine are fitted in a similar way, with the spring assembly etc all fitting behind the channel itself. The doors are pretty much flush with the front of the garage with no extra cut-outs for the mechanism.

Will all depend on the specifics of the OP's door/frame I guess.

Suppose, the garage doors at my family home are similar to the OP's but the spring is a lot wider than the channel (over 30 years old) so I guess it depends on the door.

[Spudler]

Nightmare said:

hiya - am not remotely bothered about keeping existing door - just wanna know what the options are for actually putting one right at the entrance instead of set back as it is currently

In that case then you'll have no problems whatsoever.
Only obvious negative is the slightly reduced opening.

[Nightmare]

ace - ta...think we have a fair bit of height so shouldn't be an issue losing some? Missus is 5'9"

[spikeyhead]

Just put a power bulge in the existing door.

[Nightmare]

hammering out a rear car shape into the existing door would be damn funny

[LooneyTunes]

Nightmare said:

hammering out a rear car shape into the existing door would be damn funny

Can we video the first time you try to open it?

[Fatboy]

spikeyhead said:

Just put a power bulge in the existing door.

BY slamming it really hard when the car is in there.

Or fit quick release bumpers and remove them when you want to put it in the garage.

[Nightmare]

LooneyTunes said:

Can we video the first time you try to open it?

so want to now!