Up n over Garage Doors

[BigTim]

Garage doors, are they just supported at the top, or are the sides weight bearing also? either side of door there is a some vertical timbers with paneling. are these vertical timbers supposed to be load bearing and as such touch the floor?

the sliders for the door are attached to these vertical timbers. yet neither of the timbers either side of door touch the floor and as such are not particularly sturdy.

pics attached

door seems to make funny noise every so often, plenty of grease on runners etc

[Minty]

Mine are springs going down to the floor and screwed to the timber at the very bottom. Will go get a photo.
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[Minty]

OK my bike needs washing, lay off.

I have 2 10mm'ish bolts into the timber.
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[Polarbear]

I'm pretty sure with mine, although the runners are bolted to the wooden sides the structural support for the door comes from the lintel.

Obviously that is supported by the sides though and they will take the overall weight.
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[Riejufixing]

[stinkwheel]

Up and over garage doors are the work of the devil. I hate the fucking things.

When it eventually tries to kill you by either dropping to the floor or decapitating you with a piece of wire rope on the end of a spring, replace it with almost any other form of door.

I put normal hinged doors on my garage but if I were to do it again, I'd get a roller shutter.

If I were you, I'd cut out the rotten section of wood and butt-splice (fancy term for glueing the ends together) some new stuff in there using polyurethane adhesive and a metal screw-plate. In an ideal world you'd scarf-joint it but that would be trickier with it in place.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

Depends on the door. Mine doesnt have wire rope and a couple of weights but 6 feckoff springs and a couple of solid metal bars.

And a couple of obligatory rectal use only sticks....

Obviously this is firmly affixed to the side at the bottom so rotten wood would be a no-no.
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[Ste]

[iooi]

That looks the same design of garage as mine. Which was in the same state.
Put a couple of bricks at the bottom to help keep wood dry (off the damp ground), cut out the rotten stuff and replaced with well treated timber & used Upvc panels to replace the wooden slats at the front.
Also filled the void at at the back to help strengthen it. Although it is not load bearing. Your door does drop with the rotten wood.
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[BigTim]

thank you all.

its seems ive got a canopy door then, never heard of them, but its got a spring the full width above the door,

i will splice in somehow new timber and then a brick at the bottom.

my job for tomorrow.

cheers

[Riejufixing]

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