Farmerpickle
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I have built a new workshop similar to the one in the picture below. But I don't know what doors I should have on it. A roller door or sliding doors?
Workshop doors
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TripleSix
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- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Electric roller shutter.
We've got three now at work from IDM at Ferryhill now, great to deal with.
We've got three now at work from IDM at Ferryhill now, great to deal with.
Farmerpickle
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What do you think of these?
TheTallGuy
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- Cambridgeshire
Got some 50 years old doors here still running sweet in spite of several "incidents" with wheels hitting them! Dare say modern improved designs won't be quite as reliable.
rob h
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- Location
- east yorkshire
HolzKopf
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- Location
- Kent&Snuffit
What about a roller door that has a smaller pedestrian door built in?
HK
edit: p.s. nice workshop - alarmed / cctv or not at risk?
HK
edit: p.s. nice workshop - alarmed / cctv or not at risk?
Farmerpickle
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rob h
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- Location
- east yorkshire
- Location
- Shropshire
What do you think of these?
Grand if you want people to be able to look inside, bet they are very expensive too.
PJ_Farmer_82
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We put a roller door in because it worked out easier than putting in a carrier beam welding up, cladding the door and fitting the tracks.
Also the bottom tracks get full of muck after a while and the top tracks should be greased on a sliding door.
Also the bottom tracks get full of muck after a while and the top tracks should be greased on a sliding door.
P&K Shutters
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- Greater Manchester
PJ_Farmer_82
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clbarclay
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- Worcestershire
What's wrong with old fashioned hinged doors?
They can act like sails on windy days, but double doors wouldn't be very wide or tall on the barn pictured.
They can act like sails on windy days, but double doors wouldn't be very wide or tall on the barn pictured.
personally id put a roller door on it and a pedestrian door somewhere beside it in a wall or if its sheeted to the ground make a frame and mount a pedestrian door into that.
the sliding door is grand but its a tad more draftier and will let water in unless you previously had the foresight to leave a step in the concrete with an angle iron across it to save the lip so the door hangs slightly lower than the floor of the shed.
imo id stay a mile away from a roller door with a pedestrian door fitted into it, they are grand when everything is working but time can take its toll on the setup.
anything that opens up or out will be like a sail on a half windy day unless its horrid well sheltered.
one can argue that the sliding door is safer than a roller door but i dont know about that, its not hard to screw a sheet partially off a sliding door, if the shed is sheeted to the ground then dont bother with the door at all , just go round the back and unscrew a few tec's and your in anyways.
a lock only keeps an honest man out....
lately ive had the insurance check my workshop out and as long as there is some form of a mechanical lock on my roller door my insurer will cover whats inside but check with your own insurer first.
also, there is the CE thing too, your shed if bought from a reputable supplier will have a CE certification, thats good.
if it hasnt there could be a grey area with the insurance and insuring it or anything inside it, or even worse, if (god forbid) you had say a couple of independently insured tractors inside a non certified shed and it went up, there is a real possibility that even tho the machines that got burnt were on a separate (per say) insurance policy (even tho its with the same insurer) they could/might refuse to pay out as the shed wasn't certified in the first place.
certification is law the last 4 odd years on new sheds.
the sliding door is grand but its a tad more draftier and will let water in unless you previously had the foresight to leave a step in the concrete with an angle iron across it to save the lip so the door hangs slightly lower than the floor of the shed.
imo id stay a mile away from a roller door with a pedestrian door fitted into it, they are grand when everything is working but time can take its toll on the setup.
anything that opens up or out will be like a sail on a half windy day unless its horrid well sheltered.
one can argue that the sliding door is safer than a roller door but i dont know about that, its not hard to screw a sheet partially off a sliding door, if the shed is sheeted to the ground then dont bother with the door at all , just go round the back and unscrew a few tec's and your in anyways.
a lock only keeps an honest man out....
lately ive had the insurance check my workshop out and as long as there is some form of a mechanical lock on my roller door my insurer will cover whats inside but check with your own insurer first.
also, there is the CE thing too, your shed if bought from a reputable supplier will have a CE certification, thats good.
if it hasnt there could be a grey area with the insurance and insuring it or anything inside it, or even worse, if (god forbid) you had say a couple of independently insured tractors inside a non certified shed and it went up, there is a real possibility that even tho the machines that got burnt were on a separate (per say) insurance policy (even tho its with the same insurer) they could/might refuse to pay out as the shed wasn't certified in the first place.
certification is law the last 4 odd years on new sheds.