Steel Beam Over Bifold Doors

Methodology as part of our steel beam design service we prepare the structural calculations to specify the correct steel beam sizes to install for the client.

Steel beam over bifold doors.

Is every beam panel and bolt for a 48 square hangar with a 48 wide bifold door that opens up to 14. Because of how a bi fold door opens and shuts even the slightest deflection in the lintel above can render the door unusable because it simply won t slide open or shut. Some of the beams were supporting existing timber floors. The beam will more than take the weight of the doors and you can guarantee that the doors will work perfectly when installed in this way.

Schweiss bifold doors can fit any steel buildings old or new providing a commercial door that suits your needs. You can add up the numbers to total something just over add for inflation and the price is still not that bad. Lintel probably cost more than a piece of steel and might not be suitable anyway check manufacturers details. 90 of the jobs i look at have steel beams over bifolds wouldn t entertain anything.

With regard to the bifold doors they are more commonly installed and operate much better when hanging from a perfectly smooth and level steel beam as oppose to rolling on a not so accurate floor. In these cases they were packed with oak timbers struts to spread the floor loads correctly across the rsj steel beams. Door shall be mounted on the exterior walls of building. Door shall be mounted flush with exterior walls of building select one.

So if you have some patience shop around read directions and are not afraid of sweat equity you can put. Bi fold doors are a different story. To this end we recommend a heavy duty or even a rolled steel lintel above a bi fold door to ensure that there is absolutely no deflection. Select one b face mount.