Roll Up Steel Workshop Doors

[grsthegreat]

We have 3 roll-up doors on our new shop, they are rated for 180 mph winds, I really dont want to test them.
I will just take their word and the label on the door.

in 180 mph wind, they will remain attached to the building....thats blowing away down the road.

 

[Doorman63]

in 180 mph wind, they will remain attached to the building....thats blowing away down the road.

Structural requirements for wind load are ridiculous.
Doing a project right now that requires the doors to have a seismic rating…..in northern Illinois……

 

[YanmarFever]

in 180 mph wind, they will remain attached to the building....thats blowing away down the road.

Mr Great,
Our building is rated for 180mph or they would not let us put it up. It was fully engineered inspected and doesn't have 1 nail or a sliver of wood.
Its bolted down to a 10" concrete pad with many J bolts thru the steel beams from inside the concrete and steel cables across the walls.

I pray it never has to go thru a cat 5 hurricane, but it doesn't hurt to be prepped for it

 

[JethroB]

Thought I’d share some photos of my 8’x12” wide door. It was supplied by the building manufacturer as a $1000 or $1200 option in 2017. Only thing I find is Made in Canada stamped in the drum ends.

I am pleased with the door except I would like to somehow seal around the top and sides a bit better. Blowing rain doesn’t enter but insects and air does. I have considered the brush kit sold on Amazon. So if anyone has experience with the brushes I’d like to hear comments. Thanks.

OP, sorry for horning in on your post.

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[Doorman63]

Thought I’d share some photos of my 8’x12” wide door. It was supplied by the building manufacturer as a $1000 or $1200 option in 2017. Only thing I find is Made in Canada stamped in the drum ends.

I am pleased with the door except I would like to somehow seal around the top and sides a bit better. Blowing rain doesn’t enter but insects and air does. I have considered the brush kit sold on Amazon. So if anyone has experience with the brushes I’d like to hear comments. Thanks.

OP, sorry for horning in on your post.

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This is typical brush/retainer for what you want to do.
There’s multiple retainer and brush lengths.

Retainer gets screwed to jambs and header and brush touches the door

 

[dgriff23@cox.net]

Ok. I'm starting to get a better picture of what to look for. The plan is for it to fit tightly, so some sort of channelling on the sides makes sense. Curtains are an interesting thought... but I think steel is better for wind. More rigid.

I'm so new at this I hadn't even thought about whether they would roll down on the inside or outside of the opening. All the ones in the pictures seem to be inside, but just for room it might be worth building a sort of protrusion around the opening so that they would close outside.

Still hoping to hear from someone who has installed a few.

Like I said, I don't know the first thing about these doors. Just learning. In building anything, I like to start at the high end and then see what is being lost as the price goes down. For home projects like this, best quality interests me more than best price. After all, the labor is free. It's our home.
thanks,
rScotty

Any commercial door company should be able to provide all you need. Chain drive will be cheaper but can only operate from one side. Electric could be rigged to operate from both sides.

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[rocco611]

Too bad your not closer , I have a new 12x10 sheet roll up door that was sent to me by mistake. I have no use for it.

 

[sunandsand]

Door edges are closed off with a "brush seal". Keeps out bugs, dust and birds (which would otherwise go around the edges to build nests where it is warmer and more protected than in some random tree. They also poop all over everything inside the building).

Brush seal mounts with structural self tapping screws driven by a VSR drill. Trim to length first, check that there isn't anything behind where the screws will go (wiring, etc.).

You also want a brush seal for the top of the door. Check for other gaps around the door, you may want to put some flashing over any gaps you find.

Brush seals are not very expensive if you shop around, but prices I found were all over the map. Easy to install, and CURED the problem.

Best Regards,

Mike/Florida

 

[aircommuter]

I think the gentleman who replied that is a door specialist is your best source.
I have some experience with those doors. The first thing is the wind rating is only as good as the columns you attach them to. I used DBCI brand and they are OK. They work like others but for high use a Janus would probably be better since the weak spot on DBCI doors is the rubber strip on the edge of the curtain. I installed all the doors in my self storage facility and the ones also shown in my home shop. The 12x12 is on my woodshop and the 14x14 is on my auto/machine shop. That is the one with the Genie commercial operator. It is easy with a forklift

 

[organicfarmer1972]

Hello, I'm looking for some advice.

Our metal working workshop is in the barn, but the wood shop is on one end & the walls are wide open. I want to put some Roll Up steel that can be pulled down for protection from weather and fires. Only problem is I know absolutely nothing about them. I see them on garages and storage sheds, but have never used them and don't even know where to start.
Width to be up to 12 feet, height about 8 feet, fire resistant, and they need to roll up into a cylinder to store above the opening. Not like garage doors that run along a track. Probably won't get pulled down more than once a month or less.

Any suggestions appreciated.

thanks, rScotty

I'm fortunate enough to have an 80'x 100' barn and I used both roll-up doors and side sliding doors. I have a 14' entrance on the sliding door because I use that side to bring in tractors and implements. Both are good; however, the roll-up door can be regulated by only the width (think leaving 12" open for ventilation). The sliding door can be used as an entrance/exit with only inches open.

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