Gates for garage: lift design, pricing, maintenance

If you want to automate the process of opening or closing the door, note the lift gate to the garage. Such systems can have various design, they are made of different materials and can be installed by hand. We offer better acquainted with these structures to make it easier to choose the appropriate option.

Advantages and disadvantages of lifting garage doors

If you choose the right door system for your garageBallroom advantage of the lifting structure. Such doors:

The disadvantages overhead garage doors It should include:

Design and function of different types of lifting garage doors

Design garage door systems may differ. We offer to meet with the device and the operation principle of lifting gates of different types.

Lifting sectional garage doors

Such constructions consist of several mobile blades connected by hinges. From the edge of each of the attached special rollers that move on rails laid down in the doorway. When you open the overhead sectional garage doors gently raised to the ceiling, saving interior space.

Attention! Some designs depart aside, if the height of the doorway is of fundamental importance.

Lifting sectional gates

Hoisting-and-over doors for garages: distinctive features

Cloth a door system is made whole and completely covers the opening. When you open up-and-over doors for garage flap is lifted and placed perpendicular to the original position.

steel used to manufacture the carcass frame. Some systems are equipped with an additional electric drive that allows you to automate the management process fold.

Standard dimensions of lifting doors for garage

The dimensions of the door system are selected based on the size of the opening. Manufacturers offer doors of different sizes. In this case, the size of each standard by the manufacturer are set independently. So, Alutech offers products that have minimal header 45-51 cm, while the others, this parameter does not usually exceed 31 cm.

Attention! Blade thickness may be 1-45 cm.

In the design size also has an impact mechanism used. It can be a torsion spring or. Each manufacturer sets its own pace, which vary the size of the web.

Steel structures can have a greatest width of 7 m at the maximum area 49 squares. In aluminum structures is limited to the maximum width of 7 m, and the area of ​​14 squares.

Attention! Prices for a standard-size garage lift gate is always less than the made-to-order.

Materials manufacturing lift gate to the garage

These door systems are most often made of:

• sheeting. Such roll-up doors for the garage have a high tensile strength and have a long life. Special protective coating provides resistance to moisture and temperature variations;

• wood. Finds limited use. Material looks natural and beautiful. However, such constructions a fire hazardThey have low strength and short lifespan. Even special treatment special structures can not completely prevent a period of decay;

• steel or aluminum panels. The most expensive variant having excellent performance;

• sandwich panels. The most demanded option. Possess good thermal and acoustic insulation characteristics. Easy to install. Easy to maintain.

Leading manufacturers of lifting the gate for the garage

Price, durability and ease of operation of lifting the sectional door to the garage largely depend on the place of manufacturing. The greatest demand is for products:

• "Herman". German manufacturer gives 10-year warranty on manufactured garage equipment;
• "Dorhan". Russian company offers all kinds of door systems as well as necessary for the production of their components;
• "Alutech". The catalog presents the Belarusian manufacturer of aluminum profile systems, and other types of door constructions and equipment for their automation;
• AN-Motors, manufactured in China;
• Faac, Nice, Came, Bremet, manufactured in Italy;
• Meswac, manufactured in Finland;
• Novoferm from the German manufacturer;
• "Tehnoprof», Rolclassic, «Erin" offered by Russian manufacturers.

How to choose a lift gate to the garage: tips

If you decide to buy a lift gate to the garage, it should be understood that the size, design features, material and price are closely linked. When selecting a suitable option should immediately determine the installation site inside, outside, or entirely within the opening. This will affect the structural features of the door system and mechanism is used.

Tip! Take care of the presence of the gate, so as not to raise the gate every time it is necessary to go inside the garage.

Next, you should decide so, what will be garage. For warm buildings selected insulated fabric. For cold enough sheets of corrugated board.

It should immediately determine the control method:

• manual;
• automatic;
• remote.

The latter option is preferable as it allows to open the gate, without leaving the car.

The following video will help you understand how to select the sectional doors:

Tips for operating lift gate to the garage

In the operation of the door system should provide timely care, handling and repairing overhead doors elements:

• periodically lubricate the rubber seals with silicone to prevent them from freezing and cracking in the winter;
• timely lubricate the elements of the linkage system and the rollers to prevent the formation of rust, occurrence of squeak and generally increase the life of the structure;
• adjust the spring tension to lift the gate was convenient to operate;
• open the lift gate with a wicket only if the latter is closed;
• in the way of opening webs should not be an obstacle;
• do not open or close the gate if the wind speed exceeds 15 m / sec;
• You can not enter the garage when the opening mechanism is still in motion;
• unacceptable operation structure having visible damage.

How to make your own hands lifting and turning gates for the garage: detailed instructions

If you can not buy rotary lifting gates can be made similar design with their own hands. We offer to understand the intricacies of the process.

How to choose a drive rotary mechanism: possible options

The main element of the structure is the frame, the rotation of which is provided with a special mechanism:

• Articulated lever;
• on the counterweight.

In the manufacture of door systems with their hands should be to determine the appropriate type at once. Toggle is simple and reliable, and therefore very popular. of the web is carried on a predetermined path, and because the system requires fine tuning.

The design involves mounting the counterweight to the lower portion of the steel cable of the sash, at the end of which are concrete blocks and bricks. Cable goes through the winch. If the sash has a large weight, such being preferred.

How to prepare your own hands lifting gate drawing for garage: useful information

Getting to the development of drawing overhead doors for the garage with his hands, should perform a thorough aperture metering, in which the structure will be installed. Independently prepare a sketch is quite difficult in the absence of experience in the development of project documentation. In this situation, you can use ready-made drawings for improvised overhead doors for the garage, changing the dimensions of the future construction.

Materials and tools required for installation

Material for lifting garage doors with their hands acquired in accordance with the requirements of the drawing. The project documentation contains all the necessary information.

The tool for installation should be prepared:

• grinders;
• svarochnik;
• hammer;
• screwdriver;
• roulette;
• or a hammer drill with drill bits of different diameters;
• spanners;
• level;
• pencil.

Instructions for the production of lifting and turning the garage door

The order of assembly of the rotary lifting garage door as follows:

Illustration	Description of the action
	weld together to form the three corners of the guide member and the box. In cross-section should get the characteristic shape of the groove. Slot width is selected based on the size roller element height - dimensions of the door opening.
	Set element in the doorway. Is welded to the door components. The groove should be directed inward.
	Putting the videos that will be attached to the door leaf.
	The collected paste into the support profile pipe, which will be part of the future frame of the door leaf. Welds for a secure fit.
	Shaped tube with the supports inserted into the guide. Welded or connected bolts with the remaining elements of the frame.
	We manufacture a counterweight. Weld metal box inside which lay bricks.
	Putting together the frame, the counterweight and the remaining construction elements.
	We check the availability of the system. Frame pictures selected sheathes

We also offer watch a video, which describes how to make a lift gate to the garage with his hands:

Homemade lifting garage doors of other types

If you for some reason do not fit tilt-up design, should pay attention to other types of home-made garage overhead doors. We offer to get acquainted with the nuances of their manufacture.

Nuances of manufacturing of lifting and folding doors to the garage with his hands

If instead of the tilt-up design you decide to install your own hands lifting folding gate, watch the following video to understand the intricacies of the process:

Particularly of manufacturing with his hands lifting the sectional door in the garage

In lifting the sectional door there is an undeniable advantage in the garage. If you decide to install their own hands, watch the following video:

Prices for automatic lift gates for the garage, depending on the type and size

There is a strong correlation between the price and size of the automatic lift gate to the garage

Hormann RenoMatic 42

Sectional garage doors Alutech Trend

Offer to meet with:

Revocation on sectional garage doors Alutech Classic:

Revocation on sectional garage doors Hormann:

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