DIY roll up doors?

[Tscott]

For those of you with roll up doors. Did you contract out to have them installed or did you do a little DIY?

If went the DIY route, where did you get the doors from? How difficult was the install? What should I know before attempting it if at all?


Thanks,
Tom

 

[t. jones]

We did our own, I just went through the yellow pages until I got 2 prices. Not hard to install make sure you get the right instructions. My wife was leery of standing on a ladder to put up the last panel.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46747

 

[W-Cummins]

I put up the 3, 12'X14' follow the roof slope doors in the shop by myself. They were not too bad to install, I guess that if they were a lot wider it may have been more difficult. I wouldn't pay any one to install them for me. YMMV William...

 

[mustangmike68]

wayne dalton doors 1 10x10 and 1 10x12. I put it up my self with directions and just called the door co. to turn the springs.

 

[Daedalus]

I bought a used sectional slide over (not roll up) from a demo site, disassembled it with help from a buddy, and installed it at home by myself. At first the tracks weren't angled right, and I had some problems every now and then with the top section popping out. After shimmng the track 1" or so I haven't had any problems since. Lube the track and jackscrew every couple years.

 

[imavanner2]

when you say roll up I think roll up sheet or slat door not over head doors.

 

[Kevin54]

when you say roll up I think roll up sheet or slat door not over head doors.

That is what I am also thinking that he's talking of the roll-up type that rolls up round and not a sectional roll-up overhead style.
Either way, I would just call an installer. They can be in and out in no time, instead of messing around all day to DIY. I've put up sectional type doors and to me it is not work 4 or 5 hours, when an installer can be in and out in 1 hour or so.

 

[little d]

Ive done both the roil up and sectional(over head), the question you have to ask your self is a- do you have the experience to do what your wanting, and b- do you have the equipment to work with. the sectional is a lot easer for the beginner, and requires less equipment. the roll up, since it is 1 piece, and heavy as hell, will require something to lift it into place. good luck eather way you decide to go.

 

[djd99]

If you want the roll up type of door Menards carry's them in stock.

 

[tdkkart]

Our tornado this spring caved in both of my 10x10 shop doors, kinked them right up the center(sorry no decent picture), the top panel had a permanent 6" kink in the center. The panels simply needed replacing, tracking, torsion springs etc were fine.
The guys show up to replace the panels and proceed to rip down every bit of the original hardware?? I'm like, "hey why bother?".
They said because the door is essentially "adjusted" as it's assembled, it was easier to start from scratch, as they'd probably end up loosening all the hardware to adjust it anyway.


This door did not fare as well:

9x7 door on my storage shed, wind blew the door completely out, and then blew the masonite hardboard siding off. If you look closely you can see that the spring cables are still attached to the door.

Yes, the springs were at FULL extension plus about 150%!!!
And I needed to get that generator on the left side out.
A big pair of diagonal cutters, safety glasses, a long reach around the corner of the door, and a couple big SCHWAAANGs!!!! later and the problem was solved.

Since the insurance was paying I just let the door company do the installs. The guys that did it were good, 3 complete, from scratch, installs in about 4 hours.

I've got 2 doors to replace on the house, old, not tornado damaged. Not sure if I'll do the installs or not, it is a major pain in the ****.

 

[little d]

I'll bet ya a dollar to a donut, a roil up wouldn't have blown in on ya!

 

[Tscott]

Hey guys thanks for all the responses. I am referring to the type of door that rolls up on a drum mounted above the door opening. This is the only option I have due to my lights being mounted already. If I do it I will most likely be working alone. I would probably have to rent a small fork lift or large man lift to raise the door into position.

I need 3 12x12 doors to be installed. I got a quote from the local US Door office of $5000.00 for them to install the doors. I need to get few more estimates, but I was hoping to have it done for $3000.00, but I am not sure that is realistic.

Tom

 

[Tscott]

I am bumping this thread just the once to see if anyone has any comments on the price I received. Good price, bad price what do you think?

Tom

 

[bigdav160]

A lot depends on door construction (vinyl or metal) and operators (chain, electric, other).

A couple years ago I installed a 16ft Janus vinyl door with an in-tube electric operator for about $1100.

 

[imavanner2]

I'm looking to do 3 roll up doors myself looking at us doors 700 slat doors or dbci 2500
ill be hanging them myself.