Going to be building a shop soon. I will need at least several doors. The building will be approx. 16' tall which should allow me to have at least one 14' door opening.
The builder has spec'd me a large sliding door for the front, I think about 14' wide x 14 tall. I want this front door to be as tall as possible, at least 14'. I also want one side door to be as tall as possible. I will probably have 2-3 large doors on the building (40x60). One in front, and at least 2 on the side ,with maybe one in the rear. The other side will have a 15' lean-to running down the lengh of the building so there will probably not be any large doors there.
I heard that roll-up doors were pricey so I wanted the barn builder to put in sliders for me now and I'll upgrade in the future. I started looking online and doors were quite a bit cheaper than I thought. The doors I was looking at were in the $1K range and I was being told about $3K for the large roll-up doors.
Overhead doors are also an option but I don't like how they take up overhead space. I've seen some that the tracks went up much higher than the door opening to get them out of the way but then it was kinda a pain to get them all the way up (you had to fling them to get them fully retracted). I'm sure as time moves on it will be harder and harder to get them fully retracted.
Anybody have any recent experiences with roll-up doors or barn doors? Thanks for your replies.
The builder has spec'd me a large sliding door for the front, I think about 14' wide x 14 tall. I want this front door to be as tall as possible, at least 14'. I also want one side door to be as tall as possible. I will probably have 2-3 large doors on the building (40x60). One in front, and at least 2 on the side ,with maybe one in the rear. The other side will have a 15' lean-to running down the lengh of the building so there will probably not be any large doors there.
I heard that roll-up doors were pricey so I wanted the barn builder to put in sliders for me now and I'll upgrade in the future. I started looking online and doors were quite a bit cheaper than I thought. The doors I was looking at were in the $1K range and I was being told about $3K for the large roll-up doors.
Overhead doors are also an option but I don't like how they take up overhead space. I've seen some that the tracks went up much higher than the door opening to get them out of the way but then it was kinda a pain to get them all the way up (you had to fling them to get them fully retracted). I'm sure as time moves on it will be harder and harder to get them fully retracted.
Anybody have any recent experiences with roll-up doors or barn doors? Thanks for your replies.