Some inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7NsrWBV6yU
-Curt
On Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 8:05:07 AM EDT, Dimitri Seretakis via
Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Yes the doors look like old fashioned hinged carriage doors but they are in
fact roll-up. After what you said, I think that I might try to make one door
and see how it goes. If not too much work then I might make the rest! I will
make a traditional hinged door as this garage is basically a workshop so I
won’t be driving in and out of it on a regular basis.
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> On Oct 28, 2019, at 8:14 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> the doors pictured at the amana site don't like like roll up doors. they
> look like hinged solid doors. You could build panels for a rollup door with
> a wood frame, insulation and interior/exterior plywood skin. Then buy the
> tracks and other hardware. Same with a swing up solid door. (that is how
> they were done in the 40s and into the 50s, when the 4 part rollup door
> became popular.)
>
> As for heat loss, how well the door seals is more impt than how much
> insulation it has. Wood has some R value. (Depends on thickness, species,
> moisture content, etc.)
>
> Hot water heating in the concrete floor is da bomb, but probably too late for
> that now.
>
> We had insulated alum rollup doors in a well insulated building with thin
> spray foam inside, then batt insulation, and heated concrete floors, and it
> was very easy to heat. If the sun shined, no heat needed, due to solar gain.
> The foam eliminated almost all leaks/infiltration, and that is a big deal.
>
> Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote on 10/28/19 6:50 PM:
>> I’m at the stage in the construction of my garage (year 6) where I need
>> doors. It’s a timber frame barn style so aesthetics matter and as such I’m
>> interested in installing wooden doors but insulated wooden doors are
>> prohibitively expensive, as in $6000-$8000 per door. I found this company
>> that makes affordable traditional wooden doors without insulation. Actually
>> they can add 1/2 inch on the inside but that’s probably not very effective.
>>
>> https://www.amanadoor.com/
>>
>> They say that insulated doors are a waste of money since a garage with a
>> concrete slab will only lose 5% of its heat through the doors as most will
>> escape through the slab. Any thoughts on this?
>>
>>
>
>
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