Walk Thru Garage Doors

Posted by 141drew Aug 10, 2010 at 5:25 PM and filed under Reviews & Features

Updated on May 28, 2021 at 11:37 AM

I stumbled on these garage doors and thought they were interesting. Essentially, they implement a man-door in a working/traditional garage door. At first thought, this might seem like a double up of sorts but in certain applications this could prove to be really handy.

You can check them out here.

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copterdoctor

Well-known member

Aug 10, 2010

I'm VERY interested in this type of door... I've seen some posts about this lately on the forum....
only thing is... My house is brand new, ie, 8 months... I have a new "overhead" brand door.. is it possible to add a man door?
there's no real feasible way to add a man door to my garage, except in the garage door like this... any options?

mdbeck1

Well-known member

Aug 10, 2010

copterdoctor said:
I'm VERY interested in this type of door... I've seen some posts about this lately on the forum....
only thing is... My house is brand new, ie, 8 months... I have a new "overhead" brand door.. is it possible to add a man door?
there's no real feasible way to add a man door to my garage, except in the garage door like this... any options?

There was a link from the main garagejournal page that went here (http://www.walkthrugaragedoors.com/index.html). It looks like they had one for a standard garage door as well.

copterdoctor

Well-known member

Aug 10, 2010

yes I've clicked that link... but it's for the whole door assembly... not just the man door... ie, it's the garage door, AND the man door....

I don't want to get rid of my brand new garage door.... I'd just like to ADD a man door....I don't think they do that... unless I'm just not seeing it... http://www.walkthrugaragedoors.com/faq.html

Imwalkin

Well-known member

Aug 10, 2010

at work our roll up doors have a door with in a door. the door is hindged to the garage and the man door is hidged to that. Ill get some pics and see if i can get the attached. send me an email and I can get pics to you. (i cant post pics from work.)

oldgoat

Well-known member

Aug 10, 2010

Years ago at a shop I worked at we had a metal garage door with a man door built in and it was kind of a joke. The metal door would sag a lot when you opened it up.

rwhite692

Well-known member

Aug 11, 2010

Those things have been around pretty much as long as there have been roll-up doors...I've never heard of anyone who had one, say that they would do it again.

Generally they pretty much ****...Too much movement of the hinged components and the whole thing gets sloppy / misaligned over time.

dankicksass

Well-known member

Aug 11, 2010

My man door is behind a gate on the side of the garage, leads to a small room that is apparently a sump pump museum, kind of a pain in the *** place for the man door. If my garage doors weren't brand new, I'd be calling those Canadians.

Jack T.

Active member

Aug 13, 2010

copterdoctor said:
I'm VERY interested in this type of door... I've seen some posts about this lately on the forum....
only thing is... My house is brand new, ie, 8 months... I have a new "overhead" brand door.. is it possible to add a man door?
there's no real feasible way to add a man door to my garage, except in the garage door like this... any options?

I got a quote last year on replacing my two 9 x 8's, one with a man door in it. The man door more than doubled the price of the two garage doors.

WalkThru Guy

Member

Aug 14, 2010

Good day to all!

As owner of WalkThru Garage Doors I would like to make myself available to answer any questions you may have about this great product. In doing so, I will help clear up any misconceptions.

I concede that the product is not inexpensive....especially with the more non traditional doors. But like most other products used and consumed by man.......quality and value comes at a cost.

To read what others are saying about our products and services, click on the following link:

http://www.n49.ca/p/toronto:695/gar...age_doors_inc%2e/11610_county_road_42/reviews

I look forward to future chats with the fellow members.

v8sky

New member

Aug 19, 2010

My grandfather used to have one of those wooden garage doors with the man door back in Brooklyn, NY when I was a kid - loved using it!

slcc

New member

Jun 21, 2011

WalkThru Guy said:
Good day to all!

As owner of WalkThru Garage Doors I would like to make myself available to answer any questions you may have about this great product. In doing so, I will help clear up any misconceptions.

I look forward to future chats with the fellow members.

In this thread there is a charge about what happens to the door with the effects of age and gravity. Can you give us any information to show that the doors you are currently shipping are as stable as the doors that were properly installed 10 years ago or more?

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jstroede

Well-known member

Jun 21, 2011

Pass through doors are nothing new. Many overhead door manufacturers such as Clopay and Overhead produce such products. We do not produce this type of product, and I have only personally been asked about it one time in 10+ years.

John

6768rogues

Banned

Jun 21, 2011

Our code used to call that a wicket door.

MilesM

Member

Jun 30, 2011

Cool. Sending off for a qoute.

roncarmar

New member

Jul 10, 2011

Hello everyone. I am new to the forum. I want to purchase a Walk Thru door but I am having a huge problem locating a dealer or store in Philadelphia, PA or nearby. Can anyone offer a lead as to whom I can call???? I know I can order it from Canada - would very much like to go into a show room to talk with a sales person. Any lead will be most appreciated. Thanks.

WalkThru Guy

Member

Aug 7, 2011

Hello again,

I must apologize for not staying on top of your postings.

Yes, there are manufacturers such as Overhead and Clopay that offer a "pass door" or "wicket door" in their commercial lines. Residential installations and door faces are much more problematic and need great attention. This is where we shine

We've been doing our thing now for 15+ years and the very 1st WalkThru Garage Door built back then is still in operation today.....it measures 16 x 10. I will concede that it is showing its age. We've done several things to improve the product over the years.

With respect to the chap residing outside of Philadelphia, contact me via our website and I'll be happy to put you in touch with a past customer (a garage door professional) for you to contact and perhaps visit one of his past installations.

Good day to all,

Germain

Conn'swhiterose

Well-known member

Aug 7, 2011

dankicksass said:
My man door is behind a gate on the side of the garage, leads to a small room that is apparently a sump pump museum, kind of a pain in the *** place for the man door. If my garage doors weren't brand new, I'd be calling those Canadians.

That's too funny!! :lol_hitti

partihanlang

New member

Sep 1, 2011

I have seen walk thru garage door in new jersey garage door and it looks very beautiful. I was planning to turn into automatic garage door since we only used manual garage door.

Hawk Thor

Banned

Sep 7, 2011

Most shops around here have at least one door with a man door, I thought they were used everywhere. I've seen shops with no independent man doors, just these.

They're nice to have, don't know what else to say about that.

crepr12

Well-known member

Sep 4, 2015

Any longevity updates

ukrkoz

Well-known member

Jan 6, 2016

Dead thread?
Anyone can possibly disclose pricing? I called the Walkthrough Doors, someone supposed to call back..

Is it something that is installed into existing door or entire new door has to be installed?

Anyone?

VTDon

Member

Feb 10, 2016

I too am interested in a walkthru overhead, garage door. Application is for a masonry, industrial building. Require heavy duty, weather tight, commercial use construction. Am interested in hearing form forum members with FIRST HAND, long term experience.

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