Bifolds and One-Piece doors in modern wooden farm buildings require special designBuild the door too wide and too high, and it still might be tooBigger is proving better when specifying the size of doors in farm shops and machine sheds. "Schweiss has never had a customer come back and say the door we installed was too big." It boils down to this: When planning your new shop and door package, you're better off going too big, than too small. We simply say, "Do it right the Today's aggressive farmers are definitely going for bigger doors. from farmers throughout the country, "Our shed doors are 24' wide but now we need a door to accommodate the new combine head we are about toAnother common statement, "When we come home from the field, we want to be able to drive the combine directly into our shop." "We often talk with customers planning on purchasing a new piece of equipment and trying to size their new door for that particular piece of

But that's where we want to get everyone thinking outside the box and into the future. Before you know it, a few years have gone by and that new piece of equipment shows up...larger than you ever figured. we want customers to have the same mindset...drive home from the field, pullpocket door hardware cad details up to the shop door, touch your remote button and drive on in. car window repair saginaw mi pole-shed door for the future! upvc internal doors review If someone is telling you "there may not be any need for a reinforcingauto glass repair tyler

header or structural bracing," be aware. As we all know, all buildings areToday wooden buildings come in many different designs, and every company is claiming they have the best. That's the time to ask some important questions such as 1) "Have you ever built a building using asliding door repair brooklyn large bifold or One-Piece hydraulic door?" or 2) Does the building companyroll up garage doors orlando beef up your building to accommodate a door for the large opening? 2 door tahoe for sale mn the building company providing any extra structural reinforcement to the building to carry the load of the door? 4) Is your builder following the Your door very likely will be the largest piece of moving equipment on your

building The building structure must support the door in all positions. Each style and size of door has different reactions, and the loads it applies to the wooden structure. We've found that while some buildings initially cost less than others, here is what's really important: "Is the building package built to accommodate the size and door type of your Your doors should be specified early in the planning process, so building designers can incorporate adequate reinforcing. Schweiss will work with you, your architects, and your contractors or building supplier to ensure a perfect fit in your building. We supply door weights, engineering data, windload specifications, and design specifications to make certain that you have all the necessary information needed for the design of your pole building or frame shed to accept the Schweiss door of your choice. will insure a smooth and safe installation. Every door designed by Schweiss furnishes the building contractor/door owner

a complete set of "Door Specs." When considering big doors for farm shops or machine sheds, you have four basic options: 1) sliding doors; and 4) the new 'one-piece' hydraulic doors that hinge at the very top. Sliding doors were common for machine sheds in the past, but they are questionable choices for shop doors. sliding doors are high maintenance...and if you insulate and line the inside of the shop door, you add weight which makes them heavier to open and close, and puts more stress on their hardware. Often snow and ice are challengesSectional overhead doors have been used in farm shops for decades. Again, with sectional overhead doors weight has become an issue, as farm equipment and shop door openings have grown larger. "Those heavier sections require stronger, heavier rails, so everything gets bulkier and more expensive." With sectional overhead doors, you are limited in width, as big sectional overhead doors reduce vertical clearances in

buildings because of the heavier tracks and bracing needed to support theThere are "low headroom" track systems that often requireWhen installing this style door, especially in shop pole buildings, the door in the open position obstructs/blocks ceilingPole buildings have eight feet between trusses so builders must add blocking and supports in the ceiling for the tracks and openers. Needing a larger door, and you're probably looking at some sort of bifold, or one-piece hydraulic door. Mike Schweiss, founder of Schweiss Bifold Doors, says, "Width isn't an issue for us. Thirty-two foot wide doors used to be common. We're putting in a lot of 40-footers now, and the aggressive guys are going to 50-foot doors. The biggest door we've built so far is 130-feet wide. Terry Ahlbrecht farms near Hector, MN recently put up an 80'x 150' pole building for machine storage, with an eye to using it as a shop in theHe installed two, 50' x 18' bifold doors on opposite ends of the

building, to provide drive-through maneuverability. He started out wanting a big bifold and a smaller door, but it was about the same money for two bigSchweiss offers discounts if they can build and deliver two doors toBifold doors require only 24 inches of headroom; insulated to R-values equal to the sidewalls of building, and use a varietyAhlbrecht's doors use lift straps, rather then steel"If the door has a cable system and accidentally comes down on a piece of equipment sitting in the doorway, the cable "birdnests" like a fishing reel, and it's a mess to get it untangled," he says. on, "Aside from not getting tangled, I like the lift straps because as the strap wraps around the spool, the radius of the spool increases so the doorSo the door lifts slowly close to the floor, then moves faster as it moves to the wide open position. The One-Piece hydraulic door design is another alternative. are designed to swing out, requiring zero headroom.

They're basically a wall hinged at the top that swings open. These single panel doors have one set of hinges across the top of the doorframe. hydraulic door comes prehung, is watertight, easy to operate with the push of a button, easy to install, easy to insulate, and swings out providing a canopy when the door is in the open position. Powered by a powerful hydraulic pump, two heavy-duty cylinders activate theThe hydraulic pump can be conveniently located away from the door opening to keep the clean look and a quiet Hydraulic doors require no loss of headroom so retrofitting to existing structures can help you gain additional overhead clearance required to utilize your pole barn's full clearance opening. This is a real moneySchweiss, the industry leader in custom designed doors, offer choices when it comes to selecting doors for your equipment storage, farm shop and other farm buildings. Our One-piece hydraulics are a second option.