Roll up garage door - anyone using one for their home garage?

[McLovin]

I’m trying to get a 4 post lift in my garage.
To do that I’d need to use a roll up door, because of space issues.
Anyone use something like this in their home garage?
It doesn’t seem very common.

[McLovin]

[stevej37]

I use one in my building that stores the lawn tractor and various other things.
It works great. Can lift the door with one finger easily.
Mine has no auto opener, but I don't see why an opener like a lift-master wall mount wouldn't do the job.
What's interfering with your 4-post? The door..or the opener?

And..how tall is your ceiling?

[froggert]

What about a high lift door?

[SeanPizzle]

I have a roll up door on the side wall of my shop. I love it

[Bill Douglas]

It's common around here. I have a couple of them. They're OK. A bit of weather blows in the top as it's not a very good seal in that area.

But they are cheap.

[Scott Douglas]

My brother has one on his big shop and put two in his new, smaller shop building.

[McLovin]

Thanks.
I can’t use a high lift door. Not enough ceiling height.
I have an 8.5 foot ceiling.
Except where the roof of the car will go, that will have an opening cutout where the roof of the car will go into, with a height of around 11 feet.
It seems roll up for residential is rare, I’m just wondering if there’s a strong reason why I shouldn’t do it. Maintenance, repair cost etc.
BTW, it’s for a standard 2 car, and would need an electric lift.

[john walker's workshop]

I have one in the pole building carport I enclosed. $1200 for the assembly. 10x10. Same deal, had a hoist in there and a regular door wouldn't work.

[Adrian Thompson]

My mother back in the UK has one, all I know is it was monstrously expensive to have repaired when it went out of alignment. I don't recall the exact amount but I recall it was more to have repaired than to have a complete new double up and over installed in this country.

[GH85Carrera]

I have one on one of the two garage doors we have. I love it. It is super quiet compared to the old screw drive version. I had the rails moved up to just miss the lights in the ceiling.

One thing I like the most is it has a solid lock. There is a electric physical lock that I can hear go kerchunk into the rail after the door lowers. I hear that same kerchunk before the door goes up. If the power goes out I have to manually move the lock mechanism over to open the door. And of course pull the cord to release the drive.

We use that door to go outside to the side of the house, and we have the keypad on the that opens that door for visitors or is we are outside and want to get into the garage so it gets a lot more use than the other door.

It was a win win for me.

[stevej37]

[QUOTE=GH85Carrera;10749395]I have one on one of the two garage doors we have. I love it. It is super quiet compared to the old screw drive version. I had the rails moved up to just miss the lights in the ceiling.
/QUOTE]

What??
No rails on a roll-up door...except on the sides of the door opening.

[McLovin]

Originally Posted by Adrian Thompson

My mother back in the UK has one, all I know is it was monstrously expensive to have repaired when it went out of alignment. I don't recall the exact amount but I recall it was more to have repaired than to have a complete new double up and over installed in this country.

Repair costs are one of the things I’m wondering about.
For example, in the last 30 years I’ve replaced many broken windup torsion springs on my regular door (I find the danger highly overstated on the Internet, mostly from people who have never actually done the job themselves).
It’s hard to see how the spring on the roll up is replaced, esp. where there are walls within 2 feet of each end. Seems like the whole unit would have to come down.

[stevej37]

Yes..the whole unit would have to come down. One person on each end..they are heavy.
The one I have, smallest width available..4 foot, I installed myself. Balancing a rolled up door on your shoulder is not fun...esp on a ladder.

[Adrian Thompson]

Originally Posted by McLovin

Repair costs are one of the things I’m wondering about.
For example, in the last 30 years I’ve replaced many broken windup torsion springs on my regular door (I find the danger highly overstated on the Internet, mostly from people who have never actually done the job themselves).
It’s hard to see how the spring on the roll up is replaced, esp. where there are walls within 2 feet of each end. Seems like the whole unit would have to come down.

YOu may be right, I wasn't there, but was shocked when she told me. I've replaced at least a half dozen torsion springs over the last 20 years with no issue either.

[Scott Douglas]

Here's a shot of one of the roll ups in my brother's new shop.





Like I said, he has two of them in that shop.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by McLovin

It doesn’t seem very common.

Maybe because of aesthetics?

[URY914]

If its on a garage that is attached to the house you made not be able to do it here. They're not allowed by code. You can of course do it but a sharp home inspector may say something when you go to sell it.

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by McLovin

Thanks.
I can’t use a high lift door. Not enough ceiling height.
I have an 8.5 foot ceiling.
Except where the roof of the car will go, that will have an opening cutout where the roof of the car will go into, with a height of around 11 feet.
It seems roll up for residential is rare, I’m just wondering if there’s a strong reason why I shouldn’t do it. Maintenance, repair cost etc.
BTW, it’s for a standard 2 car, and would need an electric lift.

My parents have 3 garages with "roll up" doors that basically consist of panels on roller track. My garage at home is the same panel type of roll up door.

What you posted is more of a commercial shed type of door. I have one of those too, but insulated. I highly highly recommend an insulated roll up door. Also, add a remote control. Believe me, you'll appreciate it. Make sure that the lift is not right at the door. You want that tucked away in a far enough corner that you can use the door every day without running into the lift.

[A930Rocket]

Originally Posted by URY914

If its on a garage that is attached to the house you made not be able to do it here. They're not allowed by code. You can of course do it but a sharp home inspector may say something when you go to sell it.

What makes them against code?