Pay attention to these tips before you buy! Are you
thinking about purchasing a gate for your garage? In this article I will talk
about the main precautions you should take before buying your gate.
I'll start with the swing gate, as it is the most
sought after by consumers in general. In the next article I will talk about
other models and their care before purchasing them.
Material Gauge – I refer to the thickness of the
material and wall thickness of the same. So let's go...
For the gate frame (main frame), it is usually made
in rectangular tubes with 60mm x 40mm and the wall must have a minimum
thickness of 1.5mm - These are the minimum requirements for building a garage
gate with up to 5 meters of width. Garage gate
If your gate is longer than 5 meters, the frame
piping should be 80mm x 40mm with a wall thickness of 1.5mm.
If your garage door exceeds 8 meters in width, the
case must be studied in detail – But be careful! The company to be hired must
have experience with this type of case.
Still continuing on the gauge of the materials, we
will now talk about the internal filling (drawings that fill the gate leaf),
which is divided into two different materials: main bus bars and filling.
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The main bus bars are those that serve to support
and stabilize the inner part of the leaf, they can be vertically, horizontally
and diagonally, depending on the design to be made, it may happen that all
three types of bus bars are present in the same gate. In general, it is present
vertically next to the door (if there is one), and horizontally to give more
support to a tubular or sheet design (if the gate is closed in sheet metal).
Garage doors Most of the time, the gauge of these
pipes is 40mm x 40mm and the thickness of their wall must be 1.5mm. In some
cases this rule changes, however, the minimum gauge should be the one I just
mentioned above. This example must also be taken into account for the requiting
of the hatch, in most cases it is made of 40mm x 40mm tubes.
The filling of the garage door leaf must be in
tubes with 30mm x 20mm and its wall in 1.2mm thick. This material is very
resistant and, as it is 1.2 mm thick, it makes the gate much lighter.
If your option of choice for the up-and-over gate
is filled with sheet metal, just follow the same guidance mentioned above,
changing only the tubular filling for the sheet. The rest remains the same.
The rust! Usually most companies work with
galvanized materials in the production of gates, even so, it is important that
this is clear when closing the deal and, if possible, is recorded in the order
that will be signed! Well, you don't run the risk of buying Garage Door Service in Sydney “cat in a poke” - Here's the tip!
