Garage Door options

[wrench409]

Roll-up - standard garage door. NAH!

Swing up - really retro from the 40's~50's NO WAY!

Tube style Roll up - interesting - compact, metal, but where to buy? These are the type used on most Storage Unit stalls. How expensive are they?

Old Barn Doors - Old School - I like these. Anybody got some photos to share?

 

[sjsfire]

Roll-up - standard garage door. NAH!

Swing up - really retro from the 40's~50's NO WAY!

Tube style Roll up - interesting - compact, metal, but where to buy? These are the type used on most Storage Unit stalls. How expensive are they?

Old Barn Doors - Old School - I like these. Anybody got some photos to share?

In my opinion a standard garge door (your first option) would be my choice. There is so many styles, windows in them, insulated, and you can even get them that look like the old barn door/carriage house look with simulated look strap hinges and handles. From the street they look great, I wish I'd have thought about them when we built 2 years ago. The tube roll up door wouldn't even spark my interest....too industrial looking and no insulation that I know of. You might be kicking yourself in the rear later on if you want to heat the place. However, you didn't say if this was for a attached garage to a house, detached garage, or pole building. Just my 2 cents

 

[sharpshooter]

the roll ups seem to be the more versatile

 

[boiler7904]

Roll-up - standard garage door. NAH!

Why not look at the new carriage style overhead doors? Designer Doors makes some amazing doors that look like swinging doors but operate like a normal overhead sectional door. It's all in how the doors are detailed.

Swing up - really retro from the 40's~50's NO WAY!

Can't say that I blame ya on that one - awkward, hard to automate, a lot of maintenance, bulky spring packs.

Tube style Roll up - interesting - compact, metal, but where to buy? These are the type used on most Storage Unit stalls. How expensive are they?

They are available through commercial overhead door dealers. Raynor has three models (all but Dura Coil Basic) available with insulation. They aren't exactly aesthetically pleasing. Definitely an industrial look that the neighbors (and wife) probably won't like. Cost is dependent on size and options and whether it's fire-rated or not.

Old Barn Doors - Old School - I like these. Anybody got some photos to share?

Are you thinking swinging or sliding? Both look great in the right application but have functionality issues. Sliding doors aren't weather tight and they all seam to leak to some degree. Have the same negatives as swing up doors except no springs. I wouldn't want to deal with either one unless it's for a storage building where weather-tightness is an issue. Just too much of a pain to deal with if driving thru a few times a day.

 

[jimvannoy]

Here are some pictures of my barn sliding door and carriage house swing out doors:

 

[Down Under Bloke]

I have noticed that the panel lift door, (or roll up over head as you call it) is the most common door in America, while in Australia we prefer the roll-a-door style. I have noticed many of your doors are insulated but an equal number are not. To me having the door overhead with out the need for it is a PITA. Please enlighten me.

 

[carguy123]

Your traditional door may come with insulation but it doesn't fit as tight as a roll up and therefore you have much bigger drafts which negates the insulation when compared to a roll up.

 

[BoCRon]

I have these.
http://www.americanheritagedoor.com/doors.html

Here's a pic,

Annette

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Your traditional door may come with insulation but it doesn't fit as tight as a roll up and therefore you have much bigger drafts which negates the insulation when compared to a roll up.

The "traditional" garage door, the sectional-roll-up-the-track door, can be made to fit very tightly. Almost all new houses have this type of door and use seals on the outside that make them air and water proof, extremely tight fit. I'll admit, the 12wx14h commercial sectional door that I have, doesn't fit tightly, but largely due to size, if you adjust the tracks in so its a tight fit, its difficult to get started up and difficult to get all the way down, too much surface area to seat on.

Drum, or roll type industrial type doors are nice from the stand point of not taking up overhead space, but are generally a poor fit, especially at the top. It is virtually impossible to get a good air tight seal on them, either the corrugated sheet type (I have a 10x10, these are like the storage unit doors) or the more expensive slat type, where the door rolls into a drum or roll but is made from narrow interlocking slats. I've never seen one of these insulated, but I suppose its possible. You couldnt have much thickness or the roll would be huge.

Charles

 

[carguy123]

The "traditional" garage door, the sectional-roll-up-the-track door, can be made to fit very tightly. Almost all new houses have this type of door and use seals on the outside that make them air and water proof, extremely tight fit. I'll admit, the 12wx14h commercial sectional door that I have, doesn't fit tightly, but largely due to size, if you adjust the tracks in so its a tight fit, its difficult to get started up and difficult to get all the way down, too much surface area to seat on.

Charles

BUT they don't fit nearly as tightly as a roll up. The roll up doors come with an extremely tight track guide and the only open spot is at the top.

I'll admit that is a prob, but not nearly as much as the entire side leaking on the traditional door. I have both types and I get 2-4 times more air out of the traditional door than the roll up.

I have looked for those seals to use on the outside of the door for both types of doors and have never found them. Maybe it is because I live in the south and they think we don't want such a product.

Where do you get them? I have done multiple searches with no luck. I didn't even think they existed so I have been looking for material to make my own.

 

[wrench409]

Thanks for the replies and photos. I am narrowing it to two types: Tube Roll-up - I live in Texas, so insulation is not an issue. The garage is in my back yard so this type of door isn't seen from the street. The other is the old barn swing doors. Wood, metal corner brackets, turn buckles on the inside of the panels. I like these more. The side slider type is what I really prefer, but the door must be on the end to be of any use for parking my baby - 1962 BelAir Sport Coupe w/409.

Cheers all!

 

[BoCRon]

Possible solution for insulation on multiple types of doors.
http://www.precisionbrush.com/Group/EWK2BTXPGUVKMTES.htm

Annette

 

[B.C.]

HEY EVERYBODY CHECK THIS SITE OUT THEY HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS FOR DOORS. I THOUGHT ONLY A CARRIAGE HOUES COULD HAVE THESE TYPE OF DOORS. http://www.realcarriagedoors.com/gallery.htm Look at the garages over there. If you are planning on building a garage from the ground up you can get some great ideas from this site. I'm sure plans for these types of garages are in some of those home plan books. See ya

 

[ersatzs2]

The side slider type is what I really prefer, but the door must be on the end to be of any use for parking my baby - 1962 BelAir Sport Coupe w/409.

When I was a kid walking to school in the morning (5 miles, uphill both ways, 2 ft of snow...) I passed an old garage with accordian doors. Each panel was ~2.5' with a little dolly top center that ran in a u-channel track. I haven't seen it since but it wouldn't be that hard to make...

 

[beetlebailey]

i live in fort worth and one thing on my list of stuff is to put insulation in the slots of my standard overhead railed door. texas may not be arctic cold, but i think this cold front that will have the temps in the 20s will change your mind if you dont have a heating set up.

 

[PAToyota]

I passed an old garage with accordian doors. Each panel was ~2.5' with a little dolly top center that ran in a u-channel track. I haven't seen it since but it wouldn't be that hard to make...

One of my neighbors had a door like that - but I think they replaced the doors. If it is still the accordion setup I'll try to get some pictures.

 

[autoist]

Anybody got an idea of price of the roll doors? Raynor site doesn't show it.