The subtleties of the choice of garage swing gates

Any garage needs a gate that will not only hide the entire contents, but also provide the necessary security, and will also look aesthetically pleasing and presentable. Motorists often wonder about the purchase and arrangement of the garage, one of the important elements of which are, of course, the gate.

Garage doors are of five types:

• sectional;
• lifting and turning;
• recoiling;
• roller shutters;
• standard hinged bivalves, which will be discussed in this article.

Double-leaf gates are the most common type of all proposed designs. This garage door is a classic option. Very often a small door is installed in one of the valves, so that you can pass through it into the garage without bothering to open both doors.

Swing gates are good simplicity of their creation, because during installation, any materials may be involved in accordance with the preferences of the owner.

Also, the massiveness of the garage door will help to prevent intruders from entering.

Sash swing garage doors require a lot of space around, so if you want to open the garage will have to open them to the maximum. In addition, such gates need to be repaired from time to time due to the fact that sashes have a characteristic feature to sag.

If you wish to leave the garage, the car owner should observe a certain exit angle in order not to damage the surface of the car, to avoid unwanted scratches. It is worth noting that most motorists have installed just such a gate. because of their low cost.

When choosing a material for mounting garage double doors, metal (corrugated flooring) and wood are considered the most popular materials. Metal gates in the garage are good durability and durability, as well as the fact that they have protection against corrosion. That they prefer motorists and most often set in the garage. However, it is worth being very careful because if the protective layer is damaged, metal corrosion may still occur.

Wooden garage doors have a low price, as well as metal. That is why they sometimes prefer motorists - due to lack of funds. However, the difference between these gates is not only that, in comparison with corrugated board, wood is a short-lived material, but also that wooden gates assume fire hazard and fairly low strength.

Steel garage doors, like metal, have the strength and durability, they are reliable and are not fire-hazardous, unlike wooden.Gates made of steel are used not only to protect garages, but also they are installed in industrial premises.

A favorite of many motorists has become the option of manufacturing garage doors from sandwich panels. He assumes a practicality, profitability and ease in installation. This material is able to retain heat well, which eliminates the need for additional heating of the room. In addition to thermal insulation, the doors of sandwich panels have such advantages as strength and fire safety.

A garage door with a wicket means that there is a special door in one of the leaves, with which you can easily get into the garage without opening the gate itself. Such a choice is a practical solution, since you often need to get into the garage, for example, for a tool.

If you didn’t foresee a door in one of the doors, you can take a standard drawing of the swing gates and add the missing beams necessary for the installation of this door.

Gates from profiled sheets are also quite a good option. Such gate provide beautiful modern appearance, durability, reliability. In addition, this material is not flammable, which can also be attributed to the obvious advantages.

Insulated gates involve the use of mineral wool and foam. The gates are faced on both sides with corrugated sheets, and between them there is insulation that helps to heat a small garage room during the cold season.

When the gate is insulated, a sealant is also used, with which it is possible to seal the gate around the perimeter with high quality, as a result of which the heat will be better preserved in the room.

There are a large number of seals:

• rubber band;
• silicone sealant;
• acrylic-impregnated polyurethane foam seal;
• tubular tape;
• brush sealer.

When installing garage swing gates, you should remember some important details that play a significant role, which could help to carry out the work easier. spending less time and effort:

• To achieve the greatest security, it is recommended to install two padlocks and one internal one, which will significantly reduce the possibility of hacking the garage.
• For the purpose of cutting loops, it is necessary to measure in advance and mark special places for their location, after which, using a chisel, remove the wood mass of the required depth from a specific section. The depth should be equal to half the thickness of the loop itself.

• It is necessary to use low heel points with which it is necessary to equip self-made garage doors in order to prevent distortion of the valves.
• Be sure to prepare a sand pillow, located strictly horizontally. This is done in the event that you chose a corrugated garage door, mounted with reinforced concrete structures.
• Before installation, it is necessary to determine the choice of welded frame, which can be of two types: single and double.

For successful installation of garage swing gates it is not at all necessary to have certain skills, since this type of gate is the most affordable and has the simplest design.

The welded frame is the bearing element of the structure, which consists of two mandatory parts - the outer frame and the inner one. In addition to the machine for welding, square and grinders, you also need a laser tape measure, which will help to carry out the work faster and with the greatest ease.

Before you begin to assemble the welded frame, you should accurately measure the opening of the garage door in length and width.

After the construction of the welded frame is ready, you should sand all the places where the seams were formed after welding.

The frame is the main element of the whole structure, and it consists of two parts, and also forms the sash. For the manufacture of metal frame necessarily need a welding machine, steel profile, Bulgarian, tape measure, a long metal ruler, as well as the construction level of two meters.

In order to align the structure horizontally and vertically in the frame, a level is necessaryfollowed by a welding step.

When fastening the sashes, it is desirable to lubricate the inside of the hinges with grease, in order to avoid unpleasant screeching when opening and closing the gate.

In the case of the manufacture of doors of corrugated, the canvas is made of metal sheets. For this purpose, one-piece metal sheets are used, from which canvases of a certain required size are cut. Consider the fact that carved canvases will be overlapped. Therefore, the first element must be cut necessarily 15-20 mm more than the other in width.

Power loops are necessary in order to avoid difficulties when opening the garage door. To secure them, one cannot do without a special welding joint. Do not forget that the upper part of the power loop must be in the leaf of the gate, and the lower part must be located in the frame of the structure.

At this stage of installation, the double-leaf gates to be installed should be well fixed. To do this, you may need a bolt, in the role of which you need to use the pin directly in the vertical position. Bolts are used to close the doors in the design of a garage door and to achieve the greatest security. As a rule, they are installed in the inner part of the canvas.

In order to prevent the occurrence of metal corrosion and the ingress of moisture to the surface, all elements should be covered with a layer of a specialized primer that performs the function of protecting the material.

Now, after complete drying, it is necessary to fix the outer and inner parts of the welding frame to the slopes in the area where there are garage openings. For this metal pins will be required, which ends must be weldedand then sand all seams and paint over.

They can be mounted both at the beginning of the process itself and at the end - this is not important. You should pay attention to the fact that if it is important for you to eliminate to the maximum the possibility of intruders entering the garage, you should use anti-burglar locking mechanisms during installation.

We have already talked about one of the stages of installation - insulation.

As a heater, you can use a thermal curtain of high-strength plastic or tarpaulin. However, in the case of the most responsible attitude to the issue of garage insulation, foam polystyrene would be a good material. You can also use glass wool, which you can easily find in the hardware stores in the form of slabs.

An interesting option would be forged gates.They look truly beautiful and luxurious, but they are rooted in ancient times, and their appearance does not always meet the tastes of modernity.

When installing a wrought iron gate, various products of a wide variety of shapes and configurations are used, with the result that truly skillful work is obtained.

See a detailed video review of swing garage doors in the video below.