How many doors? 60x40 metal building

[ITHINKICAN]

We are about to pull the trigger on our 60x40 metal building with 16' eaves and 4:1 pitch. Recently I've seen several pictures of buildings with only one roll up door and only one walk door. We were thinking of having a couple of each. Current contract shows 2 @ 14x14' roll up doors, 2 @ 3070 walk doors and 1 @ 10x10' roll up door.

Before I do something I might regret - what are the up side and down side issues to having multiple roll up doors and multiple walk doors... Our building is for basic storage and maybe some day a couple bedrooms or a tv room and maybe a small bathroom and maybe even a small kitchen...

If you could have the perfect 60x40 building - how many doors would you have? And why?

Thank you TBN!!

 

[Zebrafive]

I have a 42 x 63, 12 foot walls (should have gone 16'). On the rake end (faces east) I have a pair of 12' sliders for 24' opening. on the eave side (faces south) I have one 15' slider, 15' from the west end. Only one walk door. No windows. I did not want any doors on the street side (north) that could be seen when open from the road.

My building is on land remote from my house (6 miles away), only use is storage. My site was not condusive to having doors on opposite walls for drive thru or I might have done that.

If I were to do it over again, it would be 16' high, have light panels the top two feet of the south wall, and have a loft on the west end.

 

[whistlepig]

A metal barn with just one garage door can get pretty toasty in the summer. I like a garage door in each end for driving through and to get some air moving through the barn.

 

[ovrszd]

Here's my building, 42x50, three 10Hx12W rollups, one 36" walk thru. Should have put another walk thru on the eave side by the single rollup. As the shop fills it becomes even more critical about door location and size. I wouldn't consider a door narrower than 10ft wide. Also wouldn't consider a walk thru narrower than 36" You're gonna love having a building. My wife says I should have put a bedroom in mine since I'm always there!!! :thumbsup:

 

[ITHINKICAN]

Thank you all for the replies.

zf, we're doing the best we can with the direction and privacy issues - it is rural/remote but unfortunately it is a corner lot...

wp, definitely agree... i guess I just needed someone else to remind me

ovrszd, Yep> i wondered the same thing - I learned the 3070 is 3' x 7'. I see you did ceiling only for the insulation - I wanted it for everywhere but I am told it is a complete waste - now that I see yours I think I am leaning towards ceiling too... can always do the walls later (if it becomes necessary).

I wish it was cold enough here for a wood burning stove...

 

[beppington]

More doors = more options. Less doors = less options.

You can always just not open a door (i.e. put stuff in front of it). You cannot always just open a wall.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

If it were me: I'd have three overhead doors on one 60' side and one overhead door on the other 60' side at the end. This way you can have at least one drive through bay.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

For me personally, I would only want one walk door. That is all that seems necessary.

 

[beppington]

Oh, & right now my attached garage has a single 16' wide by 7' hi standard garage door, & it's very tight to pull tow cars in (especially when one is my Nissan Titan).

Whereas, my detached garage (barn?) has a single 18' wide by 8' hi garage door ... Now that's a much more spacious opening. :thumbsup:

 

[brain55]

More doors = more options. Less doors = less options.

You can always just not open a door (i.e. put stuff in front of it). You cannot always just open a wall.

I agree with this for sure. If it were mine I would have the two 14' x 14' doors opposite each other on one end of the 40' sides so I would have a 60' drive through that I could pull my truck and trailer in and leave attached. Then on the 60' side, opposite of where I put the 14' roll-ups I would have four 12' x 12' roll-ups with a man door on each end. But that is just me.

Brian