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Posted by ctd4x4 on February 13, 2007, 9:45 pm
We have a standard, two-car garage with an old, steel, tilt-up garage
door. The previous owner built an un-permitted room along one side of
the garage which prevents us from simply installing a tracked, roll-up
garage door.
The problem has escalated because my wife's new car is just 1.5 inches
too tall for our old, bent garage door!
Our first option is to replace the old one with a new, straight tilt-
up, which would give us enough height for the car.
My question is, why doesn't anyone sell/install residential roll-up
garage doors that completely roll up into themselves, like you often
see on commercial garages and warehouses? That would certainly solve
our problems.
Anyone know of anyone who does this in Southern California?
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on February 13, 2007, 9:59 pm
>
> My question is, why doesn't anyone sell/install residential roll-up
> garage doors that completely roll up into themselves, like you often
> see on commercial garages and warehouses? That would certainly solve
> our problems.
Any door that retracts equal to the opening is good enough. I don't see any
advantage in a residential setting to spend the extra money for a roll up.
They tend to be noisy also.
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Posted by Joe on February 13, 2007, 11:54 pm
> We have a standard, two-car garage with an old, steel, tilt-up garage
> door. The previous owner built an un-permitted room along one side of
> the garage which prevents us from simply installing a tracked, roll-up
> garage door.
>
> The problem has escalated because my wife's new car is just 1.5 inches
> too tall for our old, bent garage door!
>
> Our first option is to replace the old one with a new, straight tilt-
> up, which would give us enough height for the car.
>
> My question is, why doesn't anyone sell/install residential roll-up
> garage doors that completely roll up into themselves, like you often
> see on commercial garages and warehouses? That would certainly solve
> our problems.
>
> Anyone know of anyone who does this in Southern California?
Roll up doors are available everywhere and the most common usage is
self storage facilities. They are much less expensive than residential
doors but they just don't look right in a residential setting because
the horizontal stiffening ribs are so prominent. A 10' wide by 7' door
sells for under $200 at some of the box stores. Some Yellow Pages and
Google research might locate something you could live with. Good
luck.
Joe
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Posted by Goedjn on February 14, 2007, 12:03 pm
>We have a standard, two-car garage with an old, steel, tilt-up garage
>door. The previous owner built an un-permitted room along one side of
>the garage which prevents us from simply installing a tracked, roll-up
>garage door.
>
>The problem has escalated because my wife's new car is just 1.5 inches
>too tall for our old, bent garage door!
>
>Our first option is to replace the old one with a new, straight tilt-
>up, which would give us enough height for the car.
>
>My question is, why doesn't anyone sell/install residential roll-up
>garage doors that completely roll up into themselves, like you often
>see on commercial garages and warehouses? That would certainly solve
>our problems.
>
>Anyone know of anyone who does this in Southern California?
The resulting roll takes up too much headroom. Commercial
garages are normally 14-16' tall.
Put in a sliding barn-style door.
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Posted by Chop Suey on February 14, 2007, 1:12 pm
ctd4x4 inspired greatness with:
>We have a standard, two-car garage with an old, steel, tilt-up garage
>door. The previous owner built an un-permitted room along one side of
>the garage which prevents us from simply installing a tracked, roll-up
>garage door.
>
>The problem has escalated because my wife's new car is just 1.5 inches
>too tall for our old, bent garage door!
>
>Our first option is to replace the old one with a new, straight tilt-
>up, which would give us enough height for the car.
>
>My question is, why doesn't anyone sell/install residential roll-up
>garage doors that completely roll up into themselves, like you often
>see on commercial garages and warehouses? That would certainly solve
>our problems.
>
>Anyone know of anyone who does this in Southern California?
Why don't you frame-in the side of the opening adjacent to the room
addition, to accommodate the vertical track? For example if the door
width was 16' frame the door opening to accommodate a 14' wide door.
If you can post some pictures that would help too.
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