Basically, I just don’t like overhead doors. And, I need the ceiling space. I’m planning to replace my 7’x18′ tin lizzie with a door that rolls to the left, out through the wall, and then down the wall on tracks beneath a copper flashing. I’ll cannibalize my present opener, and add what I have to make the thing as automatic as before. My shop is in here, as is my wife’s car every night.
I realize that in order to shrink the track radius where the door turns the corner I’ll have to make smaller panels. My biggest question is: what can I use that won’t warp in our Texas sun and sometime sogginess? If I end up with something heavy, I’ll add floor tracks as well as overhead. I’m particulary taken with the tambour systems I’ve seen in catalogs that use small wires to join the slats instead of glued fabric. Why wouldn’t this work horizontally? And again, at 7 feet tall, what won’t warp? TIA,
Butch
Scattergun Press
Has anyone, anywhere, ever heard of anything like this?
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I'm pretty short on ideas, but if you get nothin, maybe look at who puts the doors in when an aircraft hanger goes up. Those come in variations, mostly sliding, but the sliding parts are typcially partitioned. Granted, your scale is smaller, but . . . food for thought
All food, even for thought, is welcome. I will check out some hangars. You're right--different application but same basic problems.
Thanks
Butch
Scattergun Press