How does this garage door work?

[glenimp617]

To cut a very long (and boring) story short, this is the answer to all my problems!!

but how does it work?

Literally every local builder I've spoken to is dumbfounded and said it's impossible as the roof will fall in

 

[Macky]

Steel column in the corner and the rest of it is on a rail and slides round the corner? Or fake!

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

I would guess some really heavy steels inside and behind that white bit over door, and cantilever action.

Google floating corner bifolds to see houses with similar

 

[Reuben klang]

As we’re looking at it face on, that white bit above the door is a massive cantilever.

If the door was open you’d see at the left hand side that the metal work will be boxed in.

Have a look here - https://www.bifoldingdoorssussex.co.uk/corner-bifold-doors-ifold-installation

Very simple really

 

[DB_SamX]

Cantilevering beam along the eaves, with the backspan maybe tied down to the masonry wall.

 

[gailjon]

Called a Round the Corner sliding garage door. Several companies do them.

 

[Semple]

Literally every local builder I've spoken to is dumbfounded and said it's impossible as the roof will fall in

Not very good builders then. There are plenty of big buildings up and down the country with structures overhanging nothing. As long as it's been engineered correctly then it's far from impossible.

 

[Armageus]

Literally every local builder I've spoken to is dumbfounded and said it's impossible as the roof will fall in

Don't look at this site then:

Cantilever Garage Door Solutions | Rundum Meir

A cantilever garage door from Rundum Meir is a creative solution to the problem of designing a garage that allows for living space above without the need for support beams.

rundummeir.com

 

[glenimp617]

Not very good builders then. There are plenty of big buildings up and down the country with structures overhanging nothing. As long as it's been engineered correctly then it's far from impossible.

It's virtually impossible to get any decent tradesmen where I live. They aren't cheap either!

 

[glenimp617]

Called a Round the Corner sliding garage door. Several companies do them.

Thanks, I've seen the doors, but can't get any builders to be able to open the front up to install one.

 

[gc123]

Thanks, I've seen the doors, but can't get any builders to be able to open the front up to install one.

is it possible to speak to these companies and see if they have prefered fitting companies or installers if so contact them they must either do the building work or know who does?

 

[glenimp617]

is it possible to speak to these companies and see if they have prefered fitting companies or installers if so contact them they must either do the building work or know who does?

I emailed this website (where I got that photo from)

SWS Vertico Round the Corner Door | Buy SWS Round the Corner Aluminium Online | Garage Doors Online Shop

SWS Vertico Round the Corner Door . Buy SWS Vertico Round the Corner Door from the best selection of SWS Aluminium Garage Doors available at discounted prices, from Garage Doors Online, the UK's No.1 retailer of Garage Doors.

www.garagedoorsonline.co.uk

asking for a bit more info, and they didn't have a clue

 

[LOAM]

Your builder won't be able to just crack on and build it, you'll need a structural engineer to design it. You're talking to the wrong people.

 

[BUDFORCE]

It's virtually impossible to get any decent tradesmen

Fixed, and agree.

 

[Chris Wilson]

That's like most rear engined Porsches, it's plain wrong, but obviously sort of works if you can ignore the obvious design and structural trade offs.