A discussion on garage doors

[brianchevy]

Friends,

I am designing a 2.5 car garage with a lift and I need to make some door decisions. I will have to build the garage out of brick with nice roof to match the house, so a cheap steel industrial door is not an option. Because of the lift the open rafters and it being a workshop, i don't want a regular roll up door which will get in the way so I wanted to get your wisdom and thoughts on the following options or any others as you might suggest.
1) a high quality wood or wood like roll-up overheard door thing.
2) doors that swing out old garage style
3) barn doors that are on outside and slide into pocket
4) other ideas.

Oh, i'm in the south, so security is important, but winters are not bad here.

thoughts? Considerations?

 

[Samh]

Friends,

I am designing a 2.5 car garage with a lift and I need to make some door decisions. I will have to build the garage out of brick with nice roof to match the house, so a cheap steel industrial door is not an option. Because of the lift the open rafters and it being a workshop, i don't want a regular roll up door which will get in the way so I wanted to get your wisdom and thoughts on the following options or any others as you might suggest.
1) a high quality wood or wood like roll-up overheard door thing.
2) doors that swing out old garage style
3) barn doors that are on outside and slide into pocket
4) other ideas.

Oh, i'm in the south, so security is important, but winters are not bad here.

thoughts? Considerations?

I am doing option 2. I didn't consider the cost of a 10x10 when designing, as I thought that was a standard size. Boy was I wrong.

 

[rburke65]

A 10 x10 maybe a standard size but not with carriage style doors.

 

[Samh]

A 10 x10 maybe a standard size but not with carriage style doors.

I meant standard size for a regular style garage door. They were prohibitively expensive, which is why I went the carriage door style

 

[rok_hunter]

I've got a roll-up on the enclosed pole barn I just build and it's less than ideal when it comes to sealing the door opening. I've got small gaps at the bottom corners when it's closed and the area immediately above/behind the roll-up area is blocked by the mechanisms there, so my insulation guys weren't able to spray foam insulation on that spot. It's also impossible (as far as I know) to insulate the door itself if that were something to consider. It's more expensive but if those are considerations for you, a standard garage door may be better. (Alternatively, others smarter than me may have recommendations to get around those things.)

As a Floridian, I've now got to consider how to keep insects and rodents from entering my garage through those corner gaps (I've read a couple solutions in these forums) and hope the uninsulated area behind the door doesn't cause me problems with sweating/corrosion when I kick the HVAC on.

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[nadogail]

An insulated garage door, even without heating or cooling in the garage will make it more comfortable. Insulated doors are both quieter and stronger. If you add heat or cooling to your garage, an insulated door will reduce both the heating or cooling required.

 

[jetranger]

How high are your ceilings? You can do a 32" radius turn with a high lift and the door will not hang low like a traditional house garage door...

 

[jetranger]

Here's a pic of our old garage with the 32" radius. Compared to the other door you can see how much higher the track is.

 

[Yankeefarmer]

Brianchevy, you haven’t told us how a big a door opening you are planning. If you are only going to be dealing with cars and small trucks, a standard sectional door will be relatively inexpensive, and the tracks can be arranged to follow the pitch of the inside ceiling. If you need something bigger, the cost will go up accordingly. Here’s an inside photo of my 10’ wide by 9’ high doors. They weren’t cheap, but look, seal, and operate great.