Welding of garage doors with own hands

Many car enthusiasts often wonder how to weld garage doors with their own hands, because in this case you can avoid unnecessary financial costs.

As you know, the garage is one of the conditions for the safety of the car, and should protect it as much as possible from unauthorized persons.

Its design can be very different, but the main element of safety in this case is the gate.

They can differ among themselves in many parameters and characteristics, including the design, the type of material used, and the method of opening.

Of course, the most simple way to solve the problem with the gate is to buy a finished product from those firms that specialize in their production and sale.

However, in this case, you can not be exactly sure of their reliability and practicality, and besides this, the features of the garage will not always be taken into account to the maximum.

It should be noted that the cost of gates made to order will be quite expensive, and not every driver will be able to afford them.

If there is little experience with welding and metal, it is possible to make correctly reliable and practical gates with your own hands, taking into account not only the features of the garage, but also your preferences.

Types and types of garage doors

At present several types of various gates exist to protect the garage from penetration of unauthorized persons.

It should be noted that the most popular and reliable are the welded swing gates, which can also be made by themselves.

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Rarely type gates are rare in garages, the scheme of which implies the presence of an additional space for the moving leaf.

Despite the seeming simplicity of their design, it is still difficult to make them with your own hands, since you need to install additional elements that will ensure their progress.

This type of gate is more suitable for larger hangars and suburban areas, and the use of garage space as protection is impractical.

Recently, often enough in the garage you can find a gate equipped with a special lifting and turning mechanism.

Of course, they are easy to use, and besides they do not take up unnecessary space, but you will not be able to make them yourself without special equipment and knowledge.

Also as a garage gate, some drivers use hoisting and sectional and roller products.

Despite its simplicity and ease of use, such gates are not always characterized by high practicality and reliability.

If you try to collect them yourself, you can not guarantee that they will work correctly and will provide reliable protection for the car.

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If the decision is made to make the garage door by hand, then it is best to choose the welded metal structure of the swing type.

In this case it will be possible to independently plan not only their design features, but also take into account the dimensional characteristics of the garage space.

In addition, it will be possible to plan both the course of work and the financial costs of the necessary material.

Preliminary stage of work

Before you begin to assemble the welded garage garage doors with your own hands, you should carefully plan and draw up a detailed drawing of each structural element.

First you need to measure the opening itself, on the basis of which to make a small sketch.

Also at this stage it is necessary to correctly calculate all the necessary materials and prepare the entire tool that may be required during the assembly process.

An important point at this stage is the correct calculation of the height and width of the flaps.

In this case, it should be taken into account that the minimum permissible width of the finished product construction should be on both the right and left sides at a distance of at least thirty centimeters from the machine.

In turn, it should be borne in mind that the optimal size of both valves is considered equal to five meters.

It is also necessary to remember that the distance from the gate itself to the perpendicular of the wall must be at least eighty centimeters.

The height of the gate for an ordinary passenger car is best taken with a value of at least two meters. Under the minibus, it should be no less than two and a half meters.

One of the main elements of the garage door is a frame, which is recommended to weld from a steel corner.

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You can also use a rectangular profile under the skeleton of the flaps, in addition to the corner, which is then sewn with metal sheets.

Hinges under the sashes are recommended to choose reinforced with external opening.

After carrying out all preliminary calculations and preparing the necessary material with the tool, you can start assembling the welded gates with your own hands.

Assembling frame

The frame for the garage door is welded from the metal corner. To fix it in the opening you need reinforcement. As a rule, it consists of the outer and inner parts.

To begin with - with the help of the grinder we cut the steel corner into the necessary parts. There should be four segments, coinciding in size with the width of the opening and four parts equal to its height.

Then all the segments are laid out on the most level surface, while the smoothness of each corner and the bar is controlled.

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After this, you can proceed directly to welding the frame, trying to make the seam as neat as possible.

During welding, the smoothness of the product and the straightness of each corner should be constantly monitored. If necessary, each joint is polished by a Bulgarian.

Thus, you should get a one-piece skeleton of even shape.

In the event that in the course of work any of the corners will lead a little, then the defect can be corrected by means of an additionally welded metal lever.

In the legacy phase of the carcass assembly, you should double-check everything in place.

For more information on how to weld the frame under your metal gate to your garage, please refer to the video in the section.

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Production of doors and installation of

doors After assembling the main frame of the gate, it is possible to start making a frame under the sashes.

The frame itself under the sash should look a little smaller than the main frame and easily enter the opening.

Its welding is carried out according to the analogy described above, and strict control of the smoothness of each angle is carried out in exactly the same way.

After assembling the frame of the leaflets, they should be sewn with sheet metal. The leaf wings should protrude slightly at the top and bottom of the main frame.

Next, welding loops are welded, after which the finished doors are installed at their main place, as shown in the video below.

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Install the welded door in the garage doorway with a maximum flatness, both horizontally and vertically.

Attached to the walls of the gate with the help of pieces of reinforcement, which are previously driven into their surface.

After the gate is securely fastened in the opening and checked for operability, you can proceed to insert locks and locks.

This is done according to the type of lock selected and it is better if one of the doors closes from the inside of the garage space.

Thus, properly assembled gates will ensure maximum safety of the car in the garage.

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