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Can I put a garage door on my shed?

To be able to install a sectional garage door on your shed or small garage, a minimum size must be respected so you can lift the door up under the roof. Your shed must have at least 112 ft 2 of floor space, meaning about 8 feet wide by 14 feet deep.

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You are building a shed or small garage yourself, or having it built, and wondering if it would be a good idea also to add a sectional door to it. Is it really worth it? Let’s take a look at 4 good reasons to install one.

Before you get started…

To be able to install a sectional garage door on your shed or small garage, a minimum size must be respected so you can lift the door up under the roof. Your shed must have at least 112 ft2 of floor space, meaning about 8 feet wide by 14 feet deep. As well, there should ideally be at least 5 inches (127 mm) of headroom over the head of the door, plus 2 more inches (51 mm) if you are installing an electric door opener.

The advantages

Instead of having two 36″ X 78″ wood or steel doors that open outward, by installing a sectional garage door you remove the necessity of removing the snow in front of the doors in order to access your shed. But you say you can open the two doors inward. Yes, but then you will lose some storage space on the side walls. A sectional door that opens by moving up toward the interior of the roof allows you do maximize the storage space in your garage. If you put two access doors side by side, you are limited to a maximum width of 72 inches (or 6 feet). If you would like to store a snowmobile or a 3-wheel motorcycle like a Spyder, you will need to be very skillful to get it into the shed. With a sectional door, you can install an electric door opener, which isn’t doable with two access doors. Just imagine riding up on your motorcycle and, instead of getting off it, you can just use your remote to open the garage door…

Okay, I’m convinced… What options are available for me?

Sizes

They are numerous. For the door dimensions, the minimum width is 4 feet (1.2 m) and it can be as wide as you want, to the nearest inch (25 mm). The most common door heights are between 6′ 6″ and 7′ 0″ (1.98 and 2.1 m).

Door designs

Once again, the products are quite varied: flush, with thin lines, rectangular embossed designs, or even with decorative overlays reminiscent of arched carriage doors of the 50s. A popular option is to coordinate your shed door, both color and style, with your main garage door. Why not add some? They shouldn’t be overlooked, especially if there are no other windows on your shed. Add a touch of elegance while also coordinating with your main garage door.

Decorative hardware

If your garage door has an arched or carriage-house style, add decorative hardware that is reminiscent of hinges and handles in wrought iron found on traditional swing doors. What’s more, they add a touch of refinement and charm that never goes out of style.

And if I want more information?

Contact us anytime at 815-692-6690. We will analyze your needs and determine which product suits your project the best. If required, we can email you a quotation. You can also meet us in our showroom. Go ahead and use our Design Centre to choose the door style that appeals to you the most. Also view our image gallery to get lot of ideas.

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What is the bottom of a uPVC door called?

It's called a drip bar and is fitted to a internal opening door.

mybuilder.com - Can someone tell me what this missing strip across bottom of ...

Hello,

Bought a new build house and realised that the garage door at the back had a strip missing across it that the doors in the house had

As it was just used for storage I put a rubber strip across the inside of the door, but now I’m converting the garage to an office I’d rather put the correct thing on it... but have no idea what it’s called or how to measure/get one?

Can anyone help please?

I thought it would let me post pictures but doesn’t look like I can.... hard to explain but basically I’ve just got a UPVC white part on the bottom of the door frame and there is two screw holes in it where it looked like the builders put something on (or went to!) and then never screwed whatever it was they were meant to be screwing to it... which left a draughty gap at the bottom.

Thanks

Chris

**** Update****

Thanks for answers but it’s not an inward opening door, it opens outwards and the part I mean seems to be missing from the bottom of the frame, not the actual door itself.

So all I have at the bottom of the frame is the UPVC where in the house there is a strip that seems to contain metal and rubber seal etc that the door closes on to. I don’t have this on the garage door - sorry I can’t post pictures as this would help you more than me explaining?

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