An easy way to automate the door opening would to be to attach a remote controlled winch to the cable and mount on the wall up and out of the way. A small 2500 lbs winch would be small and do the trick. Harbor freight here in the US sells one for $79.99. Just a thought.
Thanks for the comment. However, the difficulty in automating this door is not the raising and lowering but the unlocking, pushing open the first few inches/centimetres and then pulling shut and locking.
Sooo, this looks hard, why don't we have you come up to Northern Maine and show me how to build and install my aircraft hangar door? I'll watch you do it so I can learn. It'll be truly fulfilling for you, I'm sure of it. I'm really happy we could work this out, it's gonna be fun!!
I see you must have lived in the Billings area at one time. Nice tutorial on the doors and great information as I was hoping someone had something about building these out there so I could for a shed I have.
I grew up in Glendive and enjoyed visiting Billings but never lived there. Of my three siblings however, two live in Billings and the third in Red Lodge. Thanks for watching!
I learned from this video and made my flip-up folding door. Thank you for teaching me the design where the angle between the bottom pivot and the rail is not close to 90 degrees. In my case there is no roof above the door. To prevent rain, I decided to stack the top panel and the lower panel by 15mm when the door is closed. However, because the top frame and lower frame were made on the same surface, the upper and lower corrugated panels contacted and the door did not close. This was solved by inserting a 4 mm thick plywood between the top corrugated panel and the frame. My Jim style flip-up folding door has become my favorite.
"Jim Style"...cool! I like the way you worked out the alignment. I'm guessing that you overlapped the lower edge of the top sheet onto the top edge of the bottom sheet...no one will see the 4mm ply.
awesome video for self installation of bi-folding door. now this time is very useful. I have a plan to install this kind of door by myself for private place. really thank you for sharing.
Great video, thx. I'm starting my garage now and this is perfect garage door solution for me. I did not plan install top hinges so far up, but it make sense. Thx for the tip.
Thank you for publishing this wonderful video. I'm now building a small working hut and was worried about the door wasting space. I was looking for a hanger style folding door design. I found that installing the first hinge above the door could make a triangle without wasting overhead space. I was thinking of folding the doors in parallel, so thanks to you I could avoid the mistakes. The rain finish is also helpful. Thank you again. from Japan.
Thank you for your informative videos... great information. What’s your thought on trying to install a pedestrian pass-through door in a bi-fold door? I searched on the internet and haven’t seen any examples of anyone having done this, only on traditional garage doors. With your experience in creating these doors, do you think it’s possible?
Yes, it can be done. There was a video done by a guy in Mexico or South America that incorporated a pedestrian door. Instead of placing the central pivot point in the middle of the door, he built it so that the lower panel was something like 75% of the total door height. This meant that the lower pivot point was necessarily raised up from the bottom edge to keep the wedge and a good portion of the lower panel swung up to the inside of the doorway.
Fantastic design. Great description of your method.
Thanks!
Thank you for all the details you included. Will do similar for my 8 cars garage with four doors for my classic cars colection
You can't afford me! Not only am I slow, I do really rough work.
About to do this my self great vid 👌
An easy way to automate the door opening would to be to attach a remote controlled winch to the cable and mount on the wall up and out of the way. A small 2500 lbs winch would be small and do the trick. Harbor freight here in the US sells one for $79.99. Just a thought.
Thanks for the comment. However, the difficulty in automating this door is not the raising and lowering but the unlocking, pushing open the first few inches/centimetres and then pulling shut and locking.
Thank you for your expertise.
So nice of you!
Sooo, this looks hard, why don't we have you come up to Northern Maine and show me how to build and install my aircraft hangar door? I'll watch you do it so I can learn. It'll be truly fulfilling for you, I'm sure of it. I'm really happy we could work this out, it's gonna be fun!!
Wrong time of year! Remind me in six months.
I see you must have lived in the Billings area at one time. Nice tutorial on the doors and great information as I was hoping someone had something about building these out there so I could for a shed I have.
I grew up in Glendive and enjoyed visiting Billings but never lived there. Of my three siblings however, two live in Billings and the third in Red Lodge. Thanks for watching!
@@madebyjnd I went to DCC for my first year out of high school. We used to run cows on a grazing association between there and baker.
Born and raised near Lambert myself.
Thanks for taking time to make this video
No worries!
Excellent work! You earned my respect and subscription!
Thank you sir, I hope I don't lose your respect for doing some dumb thing in future videos.
I learned from this video and made my flip-up folding door.
Thank you for teaching me the design where the angle between the bottom pivot and the rail is not close to 90 degrees.
In my case there is no roof above the door. To prevent rain, I decided to stack the top panel and the lower panel by 15mm when the door is closed. However, because the top frame and lower frame were made on the same surface, the upper and lower corrugated panels contacted and the door did not close.
This was solved by inserting a 4 mm thick plywood between the top corrugated panel and the frame.
My Jim style flip-up folding door has become my favorite.
"Jim Style"...cool! I like the way you worked out the alignment. I'm guessing that you overlapped the lower edge of the top sheet onto the top edge of the bottom sheet...no one will see the 4mm ply.
@@madebyjnd That's right. Stacking is not correct. It's correct to say overlap. This time, I was taught English.
Thanks a lot for this video. Very detailed!
You're very welcome!
awesome video for self installation of bi-folding door. now this time is very useful. I have a plan to install this kind of door by myself for private place. really thank you for sharing.
Thanks for your comment. I hope yours works out!
@@madebyjnd Thank you.
Thank you for your informative videos, great information.Ukraina.
Our pleasure!
Great video, thx. I'm starting my garage now and this is perfect garage door solution for me. I did not plan install top hinges so far up, but it make sense. Thx for the tip.
Thank you!
Me gustan muchos sus diseños de puertas de garajes
Gracias!
Thank you for publishing this wonderful video.
I'm now building a small working hut and was worried about the door wasting space. I was looking for a hanger style folding door design. I found that installing the first hinge above the door could make a triangle without wasting overhead space. I was thinking of folding the doors in parallel, so thanks to you I could avoid the mistakes. The rain finish is also helpful.
Thank you again.
from Japan.
Glad it was helpful!
You should show your system of counterweight pulleys & cables in more detail. Nice tight door!
Thanks Bro. That would be a simple video to make so why not?
Thank you for your informative videos... great information. What’s your thought on trying to install a pedestrian pass-through door in a bi-fold door? I searched on the internet and haven’t seen any examples of anyone having done this, only on traditional garage doors. With your experience in creating these doors, do you think it’s possible?
Yes, it can be done. There was a video done by a guy in Mexico or South America that incorporated a pedestrian door. Instead of placing the central pivot point in the middle of the door, he built it so that the lower panel was something like 75% of the total door height. This meant that the lower pivot point was necessarily raised up from the bottom edge to keep the wedge and a good portion of the lower panel swung up to the inside of the doorway.
@@madebyjnd Throw me the link of such a video, where the gate is with a gate. Thank you!
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Thanks for watching