Sectional Garage Door
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Hi
We are planning to build a wooden garage which will be 6m wide and I quite fancy a single electric sectional door for it.
The ones I have looked at are double-skin steel 42mm thick double-skinned foam insulated panels which sound quite study.
What concerns is me is how they stand up to wind given it is a large slab of material. What do folk know about sectional doors in windy conditions?
I would prefer a single door to avoid a central pillar for ease of entry/exit, but am I asking for trouble?
We are planning to build a wooden garage which will be 6m wide and I quite fancy a single electric sectional door for it.
The ones I have looked at are double-skin steel 42mm thick double-skinned foam insulated panels which sound quite study.
What concerns is me is how they stand up to wind given it is a large slab of material. What do folk know about sectional doors in windy conditions?
I would prefer a single door to avoid a central pillar for ease of entry/exit, but am I asking for trouble?
skeeterm5 said:
Hi
We are planning to build a wooden garage which will be 6m wide and I quite fancy a single electric sectional door for it.
The ones I have looked at are double-skin steel 42mm thick double-skinned foam insulated panels which sound quite study.
What concerns is me is how they stand up to wind given it is a large slab of material. What do folk know about sectional doors in windy conditions?
I would prefer a single door to avoid a central pillar for ease of entry/exit, but am I asking for trouble?
Have had a Hormann sectional installed for around 10+ years.We are planning to build a wooden garage which will be 6m wide and I quite fancy a single electric sectional door for it.
The ones I have looked at are double-skin steel 42mm thick double-skinned foam insulated panels which sound quite study.
What concerns is me is how they stand up to wind given it is a large slab of material. What do folk know about sectional doors in windy conditions?
I would prefer a single door to avoid a central pillar for ease of entry/exit, but am I asking for trouble?
On the Moray Firth coast and can be battered with wind, no issues, no movement, strong structure and still as solid as it was on day one.
I had a hormann insulated for 20 years no problem and will be fitting one to another 5 meter garage soon. No issues just and ocasional adjust to the spring tension and the required bars to adjust came as part of the kit from memory. Not cheap but a world apart from a single skin up and over.
If you see the cross section of a sectional door panel you'll see it'll have what's effectively c-channel along the top and the bottom. Although it's thin looking stuff, it's usually quite high tensile. Unfortunately, Hormann don't show you the backs of the doors on their website.
Below isn't a Hormann but it does show what you might expect from a well-built sectional door.
It's from the Gold Coast (Australia) so might by cyclone rated. You can see there's a number of hinges along the horizontals, which is normal, and it has double hinges on the ends (the left one only is visible in the pic). They've also put on four intrusion bars.
Below isn't a Hormann but it does show what you might expect from a well-built sectional door.
It's from the Gold Coast (Australia) so might by cyclone rated. You can see there's a number of hinges along the horizontals, which is normal, and it has double hinges on the ends (the left one only is visible in the pic). They've also put on four intrusion bars.
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