Steel Beam Over Bifold Doors

Lintel probably cost more than a piece of steel and might not be suitable anyway check manufacturers details.

Steel beam over bifold doors.

Because of how a bi fold door opens and shuts even the slightest deflection in the lintel above can render the door unusable because it simply won t slide open or shut. With regard to the bifold doors they are more commonly installed and operate much better when hanging from a perfectly smooth and level steel beam as oppose to rolling on a not so accurate floor. Bi fold doors are a different story. In these cases they were packed with oak timbers struts to spread the floor loads correctly across the rsj steel beams.

Schweiss bifold doors can fit any steel buildings old or new providing a commercial door that suits your needs. Installation of structural supporting rsj steel universal beam to rear extension wall to facilitate 3650mm wide bi fold doors. Methodology as part of our steel beam design service we prepare the structural calculations to specify the correct steel beam sizes to install for the client. Some of the beams were supporting existing timber floors.

90 of the jobs i look at have steel beams over bifolds wouldn t entertain anything. This often depends on the span of the opening and the load so we would need further details on a project by project basis. The beam will more than take the weight of the doors and you can guarantee that the doors will work perfectly when installed in this way. Door shall be mounted flush with exterior walls of building select one.

Above the rsj steel beam we dry pack the small gaps up to the first floor support with a semi dry strong 2 1 cement mixture this is compacted into the gaps between the beam and the first floors. Door shall be mounted on the exterior walls of building. So if you have some patience shop around read directions and are not afraid of sweat equity you can put. Is every beam panel and bolt for a 48 square hangar with a 48 wide bifold door that opens up to 14.