I copied Steve S

[Steve_S]

9'4" is high enough for nearly any type of lift. You just can't get the car above the "smash my forehead on the ramp" level.

 

[vping]

My wife would love those type of doors but my current door is 17' wide without a center facade wall.

 

[tony barnhill]

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10299

or this:

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10125&highlight=carriage+doors

heck, the entire site is worth a daily read!

 

[Steve_S]

That would make a pretty big door, but it isn't impossible. Our opening is 16-feet wide which makes each door 8-feet. That means the 8-feet in front of the garage becomes useless, and since our driveway is L-shaped that isn't an option. It would also block the main walkway to the front door of the house when open, which also isn't an option. So we went with a high lift roll-up, following the roof angle.

 

[AngliaGT]

Steve,

That looks cleaner (& probably is)than
many of the motel room I've stayed in.
You don't want to see my garage - boxes of
parts for British cars everywhere (+ some Japanese).

- Doug

 

[Steve_S]

That photo was during construction so it isn't that clean any more. I just came in from cleaning at least a quart of oil with leaves and crap in it from the floor.

 

[tony barnhill]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]quart of oil with leaves and crap in it from the floor. [/QUOTE]

I just added these to my doors - keeps everything out including the neighbor's cat!

Here's the company's website: https://freshairscreens.com/description.html

 

[Steve_S]

I've thought about screens but I really want something that rolls itself up. The only thing I've found so far are the rather large devices that sit in front of the door up top, and I don't like the way they look.