Garage Doors

[OPJ]

That's fair enough, Tom. Plus, you're right - I looked at how much it would cost for me to replace my doors and it was £100 for the timber (u/s redwood). That's not including any of the ironmongery, glazing, security or insulation, which is why I've had to put it off until two-thousand-and-probably-never.

I can vouch for the polystyrene as well. The 25mm sheet I stuff on to the back of my up-and-over door appear to have made some kind of difference, along with the other bits of draught-sealing. It doesn't sound as 'hollow' anymore when I'm working and I don't think it 'amplifies' noise as much as I fear it used to.

I hope your wife doesn't leave her car in there overnight - it seems it's not only tools you have trouble holding on to... When you add something new to your workshop, you can bet it will be sold sooner rather than later!! [...I'm talking about the roller door, of course. :wink:]

 

[OLD]

What i was trying to get across is why have the doors so big 1.5mtrs wide is plenty and clad the rest of the portal.

 

[Shultzy]

Wizer, if you make the doors from 100mm stock, ply, and T&G; you will have to allow for a big swing of the doors. I had to put the locks on a wedge shaped piece to get them to engage properly (Page four of my workshop build.) Mike's suggestion of 50x50 seems a better bet.

 

[wizer]

What i was trying to get across is why have the doors so big 1.5mtrs wide is plenty and clad the rest of the portal.

Gotcha, yes that's an interesting idea. It would gain me a tiny bit of internal wall space too. I'll run that past the comity.

Sounds like a plan. Thanks everyone.

 

[bodgermatic]

What i was trying to get across is why have the doors so big 1.5mtrs wide is plenty and clad the rest of the portal.

Gotcha, yes that's an interesting idea. It would gain me a tiny bit of internal wall space too. I'll run that past the comity.

Sounds like a plan. Thanks everyone.

That's what I did:

 

[wizer]

You need to log into your PB account to re-activate linking bodger. That looks exactly what I initially had in mind. I think building in on both sides is a definite.

 

[The Bear]

I'll give another thumbs up to the general idea. My workshop doors which are essentially a pair of garage doors I built the same way. 6mm wbp ply back, 45x45mm frame, T&G vertically on the front, stuffed with celotex. Lovely and warm. Hung mine with 3 big butts per door. As well as the hinges, plan ahead for the locations of sliding bolts and the locks so you have extra framing to screw into.

Mark

 

[matt]

What i was trying to get across is why have the doors so big 1.5mtrs wide is plenty and clad the rest of the portal.

Gotcha, yes that's an interesting idea. It would gain me a tiny bit of internal wall space too. I'll run that past the comity.

Sounds like a plan. Thanks everyone.

I was going to say something similar, except make one door larger than the other - for example, have one 2/3rds and the other 1/3rd so you can open the whole front if necessary but have smaller, more practical access, for day-to-day use. It also reduces the requirement to leave space to open the door.