wayne dalton door

[Dutch445]

as mentioned in another thread, i bought a piece of property
with a nice 40x60 shop, and a cape cod house came with it
we finished the house renovations and moved in this past
weekend, so now i'm tinkering with the 3 stall garage and
shop building projects.
one issue i have is one of the overhead doors on the
shop is damaged. they are wayne dalton thermospan doors,
probably 12' wide, maybe 14' tall or so. one door is in good
shape, but the 2nd has 5 of the panels damaged from the wind,
and they are foam filled steel. they have a crease in the middle
that runs vertically.
i am sure it will be big money to get a new door, and just to
purchase 5 individual panels would probably approach the cost
of the new door.
my questions is this,
would it be possible to reinforce the panels with angle iron on
the inside? i included a picture of the panel cutaway to show
the construction, it looks like foam filled steel skin with each panel
having 2 reinforcement "struts". i was thinking of adding lengths of
angle iron on these struts, and bolting thru the strut, and panel
itself to stiffen these panels. i don't want to open the door as it is,
for fear the panels won't support their own weight once they get
horizontal overhead.

 

[ray66v]

A garage door service company should have bolt on steel struts available. You can bolt them over the top of the existing built in struts.

They are often added to strengthen, and or repair doors.

 

[Raspy]

I just had two 10'X10' sectional doors (not roll up) installed. For wind protection I had them add stiffeners.

These stiffeners are U channels with flanges that screw on, along their full length, and run the whole width of each door section. Typically one per section.

You could probably retrofit these stiffeners and straighten the sections back out. They might even end up stiffer than new, but with a visible crease.

Angle iron would do the same thing, but would be heavier for the strength it gives.

 

[Dutch445]

that's what i need,
i'll look around and see who sells them,
maybe a Overhead door company near me
has them.
thanks

 

[ray66v]

These stiffeners are U channels with flanges that screw on, along their full length, and run the whole width of each door section. Typically one per section.

Those are what I was referring to. They are called struts.