Garage rear "service" door, for mower and stuff

[Nugent1021]

Hey, I'm having a 4 bay garage built and I have a shed-like area under the stairway. I've been trying to think of how to keep from dragging dirt thru the front garage doorways to get to the shed-type area within the new garage. What I'm thinking would be nice is a rear doorway, but I'd like to not have a threshhold from a normal door.

Does anyone know of a small (non-commercial) metal-type roll up door that would be about the size of a doorway. I don't think I'd make it automatic open or anything, I'd just need it to somehow lock and have handles to pull it up/open. That way the wife can bring her potting stuff and bags in there without me having to follow her with a broom, and I can drag the mower in there without fighting the threshhold and dragging dirt thru the main garage.

Anyone know of a place or site that carries something like this?

The idea is something like the below link, but for a normal door opening.

http://www.commercialdoorcompany.com/html/roll-up_service_doors.html


I think I found what I'm looking for:
http://www.buydoorsdirect.com/doorpricing.html

Do you garage guys know if this would be a good idea?

 

[cruzn57]

no idea who make them, but I see 4 ft wide roll up doors in the golf communities, obviously for golf carts, this is on residential homes.
I'm sure the door companies offer similar options.
I agree, provide a optional access to avoid the mess in the garage.
for me, its "honey, please don't scratch the cars" or " do you have to drag the water hose (leaking of course) through the garage"
besides, you'll disrupt the mess I have created! LOL

 

[Joe Reed]

Why not just put in a normal 36" steel entry door - but without the threshold? One of those rubber sweeps attached to the inside and adjusted so that it touches the concrete should provide enough protection from the weather for a storage area.

 

[Nugent1021]

that's actually a good suggestion, remove the threshold and put a sweep on the bottom of the door. A steel door is ridiculously cheap, too. But, cool factor for the roll up metal entry is worth something isn't it?

 

[Jack T.]

Sounds like you're looking for the doors they use on the 5-0 wide mini-storage units. They're pretty cheap - nothing more than a corrugated length of sheet with a track. Google 'mini warehouse' and see if you can't track down a door supplier.

 

[Joe Reed]

It's quicker and easier to open a normal door than it is those roll up doors. Your wife might appreciate that!

 

[Brad54]

And as long as you're going to do it, why not a double-wide door, so you can move bigger things in and out of it? We had one put in the walk-out basement when we built the house--the home builder looked like he thought I had a third eye in the middle of my forehead. After the house was finished, that became a very frequent option he offered. In our case, you can easily take 4x8 plywood, couches, 4-wheeler, mini-bike, etc. into the basement.

I had a regular door put in the back wall of my 32x40 shop, as a fire escape. If something goes wrong, I don't want to be fooling around with trying to get roll-up door up.

-Brad

 

[nonhog]

I went with an extra wide man door for the same reasons your talking about
So far I dont use it much and wish I'd put it toward the front of the shop.
But thats just my situation . I'll try and post a pic later.

 

[Nugent1021]

Another thing I was worried about was the space of a door opening in. The space under a staircase isn't very big, so if the area where the door opens has to be clear to be able to open it, it's kind of a pita. I could possibly put in a door opening out I guess. Not sure if a door opening out is against some sort of code in north florida. Good idea about the double door, but I'm thinking at that point I should probably be bringing those huge things thru the front.

 

[krooser]

Try Trachte Building Systems. They manufacture steel mini-storage buildings and make their own roll up doors in many sizes.

 

[Mike in Ohio]

Another thing I was worried about was the space of a door opening in. The space under a staircase isn't very big, so if the area where the door opens has to be clear to be able to open it, it's kind of a pita. I could possibly put in a door opening out I guess. Not sure if a door opening out is against some sort of code in north florida. Good idea about the double door, but I'm thinking at that point I should probably be bringing those huge things thru the front.

Around here exterior doors have to swing into the building. It is easier for the fire dept to kick them in than it is to pry them open.

 

[Firetrucks]

Menards carries a plastc/fiberglas roll-up door.

When I was building my storage shed I went to my local U-Store place (most of those have roll-up doors) and got the name of their supplier/installer. The supplier gave me a good price for a commercial grade door.

I didn't end up using a roll-up door because I did not have enough overhead room and didn't have the time to raise the walls and roof before snow started falling.