Garage Door Height
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Topic: Garage Door Height
Posted By: tink
Subject: Garage Door Height
Date Posted: 13 Feb 22 at 5:26pm
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More pre Farnboro (I’m now spelling in northern) hype This is a rather niche product for people with ten foot high garage doors. Maybe it’s a southern thing but I’ve not seen any during my time down here. I also don’t understand how any sailor worth his salt can fit a car in their garage, far too much kit fit that nonsense https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/246204/Experience-SkyDock-at-Two-Great-Shows" rel="nofollow - https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/246204/Experience-SkyDock-at-Two-Great-Shows ------------- Tink https://tinkboats.com http://proasail.blogspot.com |
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Posted By: eric_c
Date Posted: 13 Feb 22 at 6:05pm
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I've seen plenty of boats, canoes, boards, hung on garage ceilings. My own garage has just enough headroom that stuff lashed to the ceiling is out of reach, but a boat would still be in the way of the up'n'over door. You'd want some extra straps under the boat before arking the Limo under it and great confidence in your rawlplugs. |
Posted By: tink
Date Posted: 13 Feb 22 at 6:17pm
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No problem with boats hung from the garage beams, my amusement is that anyone can drive their can in a garage with a boat on the roof. ------------- Tink https://tinkboats.com http://proasail.blogspot.com |
Posted By: tink
Date Posted: 13 Feb 22 at 6:33pm
------------- Tink https://tinkboats.com http://proasail.blogspot.com |
Posted By: eric_c
Date Posted: 13 Feb 22 at 6:36pm
I think my garage would be OK with a lowish estate car like a 3 series BMW and a Laser. Some apartments etc have garaging for taller vehicles, there is a world beyond English Wimpey houses and bog-standard garages. Of course real sailors would keep another boat under the hoisted one.Last timne I put my car in a garage, I had to move a load of junk from garage to car first.....
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Posted By: eric_c
Date Posted: 13 Feb 22 at 6:42pm
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Posted By: tink
Date Posted: 13 Feb 22 at 7:07pm
the electrics lasted many years but sadly haven’t played unicycle hockey or done any off road unicycling for a while, my ankles are a bit dodgy from longboard and drinking accidents  ------------- Tink https://tinkboats.com http://proasail.blogspot.com |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 13 Feb 22 at 7:55pm
| When my garage door needed replacing I splashed out on hinged doors mainly because of the roof storage problem. But they've turned out to be more convenient in other ways too, so I'm very pleased I did it. |
Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 14 Feb 22 at 6:59am
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Double doors are useful, you can throw a sheet over the top and extend your work space, no mechanicals to go wrong either. ------------- Robert |
Posted By: Sam.Spoons
Date Posted: 14 Feb 22 at 9:29am
Many years ago a friend of mine was planning a new garage, he had a building suppliers and dealt with a local garage door company so asked "Do you have any slightly damaged up & over doors that you can sell me cheap? If so let me know the size and I'll build the garage to fit." they replied "go ahead and build the garage then let us know what size you need and we'll damage one to order for you"  ------------- Spice 346 "Flat Broke" Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish" |
Posted By: davidyacht
Date Posted: 14 Feb 22 at 9:59am
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Remember painting and varnishing in a garage with the only exit being up and over doors, used to have to squeeze out under the part closed door to avoid stirring up dust from the door and mechanism ------------- Happily living in the past |
Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 14 Feb 22 at 10:00am
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Something similar, builder goes to get a ton of sand, when they tell him the price, he says, its twenty pounds cheaper down the road, merchant says, get it from there then, builder, says they haven't got any, merchant, says, well when we haven't got any, you can have it for that price. ------------- Robert |
Posted By: The Q
Date Posted: 14 Feb 22 at 11:55am
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I built my own double opener doors, having removed the failed up and overs.. I've never had a garage with that height space though.. My current 16ft boat wouldn't fit though , it's got a 3 foot fixed keel and weighs 400Kg, 500 with me on board. ------------- Still sailing in circles |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 15 Feb 22 at 8:35am
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I too built hinged doors to replace a roller shutter. Much better! ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 15 Feb 22 at 7:06pm
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I prefer Solid doors, better security and easier to paint, hate cutting in, especially to glass, someone told me to paint right into corners and over the glass, wait for it to dry, then use a flat scraper to clean paint of glass, didn't work that well, had to clean with thinners. ------------- Robert |