Garage do it yourself

When the construction of the garage begins, sooner or later there is a question setting the gate. To date, for the manufacture of garage gates, various many materials, coatings and structures that serve to protect your car from thieves and bad weather conditions are used. The choice of garage gates is unique in each individual case. This is due to the peculiarities of its design, as well as the personal wishes of the owner. In order not to spend money on expensive installation firms, it is better to install the garage gate install yourself.

Main characteristics

To select the gate of your garage, thoroughly understand all the nuances of each type. Some can significantly save space, but will not allow the extent to the extent to protect the car and the room from frosts. Others will become an excellent "shield" from intruders, but the purchase of such a gate can not be affordable. Before you finally decide, we carefully weigh all the "for" and "against", and then the garage doors will serve you in pleasure.

Types of garage doors

Possturing the question of choosing a garage gate, it is necessary to focus on all the trifles inherent in each type. The traditional gate made of metal belongs to the most popular mind. Due to the simplicity of manufacturing, the availability of materials, as well as excellent protective qualities, the metal gate will become excellent "armor" for your car. To save money, you can install garage doors with your own hands. Of course, the choice is entirely dependent on you. In order to find out: what kind of gates it is better to mount and what it is better to make it way, we will discern each kind of detailed.

To arrange the garage, the following types of gates are used:

• swing - Most often, they are made of metal sheet and profile. This type is inherent in the presence of one or two sash, which swallow, opening access to the car. It is better to choose a double design, it will be more reliable and more durable. Single gates have a fairly heavy weight. In this regard, over time, the loops begin to be fed, the canvas is deformed, which significantly affects the durability of the swollen gate. For the convenience of using the internal space of the garage, the gate is mounted in such a way that the doors open out. Also in one of the doors you can hind the gate, which will be convenient transition between the garage and the street. In winter, such a solution will allow to preserve more heat in the room, due to the smaller area, compared with the gate. In addition, you will not need additional efforts to open and close the whole sash;

• sectional - Gate consisting of sectional panels. On average, 4-6 sections produced from metal, which compact with each other using gaskets. When the opening mechanism is transmitted, the gate is folded and fixed in the upper part of the garage. The role of the mechanism of the sectional gate plays the spring with a chain transmission that causes the panels to move along the guides, thereby raising the gate up. Often, polyurethane foam is used as the panel material, fixing between two galvanized sheets, which allows you to maintain heat inside the garage for a longer period. The convenience of such a design is that it can be placed inside the garage. Such a solution will significantly reduce the chances of ill-wishers with unauthorized access to the garage. Most often, such gates automatize, but there is a mechanical option. If you do the installation of the sectional gate with your own hands, you will get a comfortable, stylish and modern design, which will also become a reliable protection for your car;
  
• rolled - Work on the principle of Rolvkayn. The design consists of aluminum lamellae. They are connected to the cloth, which moves along the guides while driving into a special box. The box can be positioned at the top of the garage, both inside and outside. A special shaft is used as a drive. For a width of up to 3 m wide, accept a mechanical way to open. Rolled garage doors are better equipped with an electric drive system, if they have large dimensions. This type of gate is easy enough to install, but will not provide complete security to your car. They are better installed in a pair with alarm;
  
• retold - The frame of the door is made from metal profiles to which a straightest professional is attached. Additionally, the design can be insulated and noise insulated by paving the layer of foam or mineral wool between the profiled sheets. A retractable method saves a lot of space, as well as easy enough to install and manufacture, but it is worth considering that for normal functioning it will require additional space in the front wall necessary to roll back the gate. For the entry of a greater width, the gate consists of two, three or more sash. When installing a multistate design, it is better to make sure in advance in the presence of a free space required to roll back the gate;
  
• rotary - are a sandwich panel of two galvanized sheets with a polyurethane layer. The garage canvas opens by actuating the lever-hinge mechanism. In the upper part of the doorway on both sides, the guide profiles are mounted on which the door leaf moves with the help of rollers. By completely opening the sash, you will achieve a position at which the gate will be parallel to the plane of the garage ceiling. The swivel garage gates installed by the personally will become an excellent solution in the arrangement of the "Automobile House". But consider the fact that such a gate will not become an excellent insulator for your garage, since such a mechanism will not allow heat to stay in indoors for a long time;
  
• folding - Looks like a harmonica, because consist of several sections. Sections seal with each other using sealing gum. The design of the gate moves along the guides using special hinges. Such gates can be opened both vertically (right, left) and horizontally (upwards). In the open position, folded flaps are fixed on special latches.

Features of the designs of the garage gate

With the development of modern technologies, the input systems have undergone changes. The garage gates are popular due to the wide choice of ways of opening and ease of use that play an important role in the daily life of a modern person. Opening your choice on the garage gate, regardless of the design type, you will get the best result in each case.

The garage doors divide by the way of opening two types:

1. Mechanical - The process of raising the gate is manually, due to the movement of the system of mechanisms. Due to the simplicity and clearer installation, this method is the most popular and less expensive. In addition, afterwards, automation can be installed on the mechanical gate. This method will suit people who rarely use a car, or use the gate once a week, for example, in the country.
   
2. Automatic - In order to bring the gate to movement, the same mechanical process is used, only it is automated. In order to open the garage, just press the button on the remote control or simply drive up to the motion sensor, and the mechanism is activated. This method is very convenient and no less popular, however, it is worth considering that the installation will require extensive costs. The automatic gate is perfectly suitable, for example, someone who uses them every day. If you do not use the automatic for a long time, it can fail.
   

The main distinguishing feature of these two ways is, of course, the price. To weigh all the "for" and "against", define the tasks set, referring to the project budget. The mechanical method will be more reliable and durable, but hitting a torrential rain, you will probably immediately think about installing automation.

Parameters for which the garage gate is chosen

Choosing a gate for a garage, pay special attention to all the trifles and aspects. Thoroughly analyze the space where they will be installed. Consult with specialists or with friends who have already had the experience of installing the garage gate. Recote the main tasks set in front of the future design.

The garage is a premises intended for long-term operation, and serving the protection of your car from adverse climatic conditions. Evaliable indicators will be the protective properties of the garage gate, in case of penetration of intruders. Evaluating all the advantages and disadvantages, decide on the type of gates and materials from which they will be made. Pay attention to the way you will open and close the garage doors. Some methods involve the presence of an additional free space required to enter the car into the garage.

Garage doors choose, relying on the following criteria:

• thermal insulation (protects the engine and the cooling system of your car from freezing);
• safety (will not allow the thieves to get into the room);
• convenience (the gate should not "eat" excessive space);
• warranty from the manufacturer (garage doors must have a long service life);
• resistance to the effects of climatic factors;
• availability / absence of automatic mechanisms and blocking systems;
• the service life of the sealing compounds.

The choice of garage gates is entirely depends on your imagination, the desired result and the amount you are willing to pay. However, the main function of the garage gate is still the preservation of your car. You can choose a popular overseas company, listen to the advice of friends, but it is best to build and install the gate personnel. Installation of lifting, sectional or swollen metal gates do not require special skills and efforts. Thus, you will not only be confident in the reliability of the design, but also save significantly. In addition, the gate can be painted in any colors.

Production of garage doors

To find out how to cook the garage doof with your own hands, it is necessary to thoroughly understand in all the intricacies of the assembly process. Special attention is paid to the preparation process, and you will achieve the best result.

Drawing design

When the garage is arranged by the gate, it is important to clearly measure all the necessary quantities. The installation will pass quickly, without loss of extra time, if you use the necessary drawings. For each of the types of gates, an individual drawing is used with various indicators.

Below are examples of drawings for some types of gates:

Properly completed drawing, it will help to visually present the future design, and accurately make the gate for all setpoints.

Assembling Rama

If you are gathered to make a gate for a garage with your own hands, you should start with the build of the frame. It is better to do this when the front wall has erected by no more than 0.5 m. The masonry is in this case continue after the set of the gate.

To make a frame for a gate, you must go as follows:

1. With the help of a grinder, cut a metal corner of 60x60 mm on 8 components. Four of them should correspond to the length of the passage, and four more - its width.
2. On a flat surface, decompose the sliced \u200b\u200bcorners so that in general everything takes out the outline of the future frame.
3. With the help of the kitchen and the welding machine, weld the corners of the flask, strictly at an angle of 90 °.
4. Remove the boards from the outside of the frame using a grinder with a grinding disk for metal. The smoother there will be this surface, the more dense there will be contact with the door of the gate.

Useful information: Constantly control the angle under which the design is welded. Rightly cooked frame, will be a guarantee of a long service of garage gate.

Take off to the manufacture of the gate frame with full responsibility, observing the entire technological process. When it is collected correctly, you can proceed to the next stage of building assembly.

Build carcass

Framework for sash should be less frame. This will allow sash without effort to move inside the frame, as well as tightly lay down to its outer face in the closing process. A profiled pipe is used to assemble the frame.

To assemble a frame for sash, go as follows:

1. Cut the professional on 4 pieces so that in length they were 1-1.5 cm less than the height of the gate frame. To cut 4 segments required for the horizontal frame connection, use the following formula: divide the width of the gate in half, and from the result obtained, deduct 3-3.5 cm.
2. Armed with a welding machine and a carbon, weld the frame of each sash strictly at an angle of 90 °, by analogy with the frame for the gate. To make sure that the rectangles of the design, the frame can be inserted inside the frame.
3. To enhance the gate and deformation protection, in the middle of each sash, you turn out additionally on one horizontal professional professional.

The frame assembly stage can be considered finished, and now you can begin to make the gate sash.

Assembling sash

The assembly stage of the gates for the gate requires the maximum accuracy of the actions and compliance with the rules of installation. Properly welded design - the pledge of the durability of the garage gate.

To make sash for swing garage doors with their own hands, are applied as follows:

1. From a metal sheet, 5 mm thick cut two canvas. The width of the canvas of one sash should exceed the width of the frame of 20 mm, and the second, on the contrary - to be less than 20 mm.
2. Now cut one of the flaps to welcome to the frame. The height of the flap should be 30-40 mm more than the height of the frame. This is necessary in order for the canvas to speak from the upper and lower part by 10-20 mm.
3. Welcome a web so that the free section of 10 mm remains to the edge of the frame, in the future, it will make it possible to achieve a more dense fit of the second sash.
4. The second canvas weld to the frame of the second sash so that it performs for a frame for 20-40 mm.
   

   Professional advice: For a more accurate compounding of a metal sheet with a frame, first grab it in the corners and in the middle part of the web using the spot welding method, with an interval of 100-150 mm. When the cloth is finally welded to the frame, you can cut the bawry.

5. We weld the lower parts of the door loops to the frame in the upper and lower positions. Consistently weld mounted pieces of loops to the sash, which will open first, moving from below. Similarly, breed accessories to the sash, which is closed first. The loops should be clearly vertically, so that when moving the door is not deformed.

If everything is welded correctly, the doors have a free move and are not soldered anywhere, then you can proceed to the next step.

Warming Garage Gate do it yourself

To further protect the garage room from low temperatures in the cold season, it is necessary to insulate the gate. This is a very fast and simple process, besides very inexpensive.

The following actions will help protect the garage from the penetration of the cold:

1. First, arma a pistol for foam, a construction knife and foam (thickness 50 mm, density 25).
2. With the help of a knife, roulette and smooth stick, cut the foam so that it is tightly placed inside the sash.
3. Using the fastener with polyurethane foam glue as a fastener, lock the cut pieces on the surface of the metal sheet.
4. When the foam foam fully filled the emptiness in the sash, they need to give a pleasant appearance. To do this, you can decide with plastic or wooden panels from the inside of the garage.

All preparatory work is fulfilled, and now you can proceed to the final stages of the installation of the garage gate.

Installation of metal garage gates with their own hands

The garage gates made of metal components will serve longer if you consider the construction assembly with full responsibility and attention. The manufacturing process is fairly simple and will not require special knowledge and skills.

Installation of garage doors

So we came to the last stage. From the correctness and quality of work performed at the preliminary stages, further installation of the structure will depend on.

The setting of the gate in the garage is performed using the following algorithm of actions:

1. The frame is partially installed in the opening, fixing in the bottom to the masonry, with the help of mortgages. For this, the rod of the reinforcement with a length of 250-300 mm is welded to the frame, and then fit into one of the layers of masonry.
2. Then they report the facial part of the future garage, periodically fixing the frame in the wall surface, with the help of the armature, welded to the gate frame. 3-4 mortgages for each side of the side will be enough.
3. At the end of the masonry, right up to the top of the frame, you need to install a jumper. For this, the chawler will fit perfectly. It is installed horizontally, a mustache for each wall. So come to avoid shrinkage during operation.
4. The upper part of the frame is welded to the rancher. You can also use anchors. The lower part of the design can be implanted into the floor surface, or fix with fasteners, pre-drumped the hole.
5. If everything is mounted in terms of level and without deformation, it remains for small. Lubricate the hinges with engine oil, then we have a gorgeous flaps on the frame, to the place where the loops are welded.
6. Check the design to functionality. Close and open the gate several times to reveal the gaps and other disadvantages.

The gate is installed and function perfectly, and we go to the final stage.

Installation of fittings

To protect your car and garage property from robbers, you need to worry about the quality fixation of the goal sash. If the budget does not allow to acquire alarm and other security systems, then the choice of high-quality fittings will be an excellent solution.

By installing door accessories into the garage gate, act in this way:

1. In the sash, which will open the last, drill two holes. Make it in the upper and lower part through the horizontal beams of the flaps, closer to the place of contact of the gates with each other. The hole must also enter the ceiling and the floor to the distance required to fix the sash.
2. In the holes, the special constipation of the M-shaped form is mounted. In order for the constipation to fix at the time of opening, the limiters weld.
3. In the sash, which is opened first, mounted a lock with advanced rods. It cut a niche needed to mount the lock. In the door that is fixed by constipation, the holes needed for closing the rods are drilled. This type of castle fittings is popular due to its durability, ease of use and reliability of fixation.

The choice of high-quality accessories will serve as an additional protection of the garage from ill-wishers.

We hope in this article we maximally revealed the question related to the choice and installation of the garage gate. Sweeping the design personally, you will not only get a useful experience, but also significantly reduce the project budget.