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Re: Curtain doors (was RE: Garage Headroom for Lift)

To: Keith Kaplan <keithka@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: Curtain doors (was RE: Garage Headroom for Lift)
From: John Napoli <jgn@li.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 17:29:52 -0500 (EST)
I had one on my garage in a past house -- you want a roll-up door.  They
are available from commercial door firms.

I got a take-off from someplace.  Is was in perfect condition, and the
cost of the door plus installation was something like $300.  That was a
few years ago, though!  The door was perfect for my shop.  It did not have
the power motor -- I used the standard rolling chain.

Every town of decent size should have several commercial door firms.  Get
out of the consumer channel (Home Depot) and into the commercial
mainstream; you'll find plenty of sources.

John

On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Keith Kaplan wrote:

> 
> This brings me to a related point -- does anyone have a curtain door in
> their home shop?  Curtain door is the term I hear used most often for the
> style of garage door that rolls up into a drum attached to the wall just
> above the door, so it doesn't hurt your ceiling clearance, block your
> lights, etc.  Seems like these would be really handy, but the folks at Home
> Depot, and almost every dedicated garage door service company in town, just
> shrug and look at me funny when I ask them about such doors.  The one place
> that's heard of them never calls me back with a quote.
> 
> Anyone near Seattle found somewhere that sells curtain doors and knows how
> to call customers back?  Do you know of a mail-order garage door company?
> Yes a garage door would be big & heavy to ship, but so is a lift, and plenty
> of folks sell those mail order.
> 
> keithka
> (read about me being a happy Rotary Lift customer at www.keithka.com)
> -----Original Message-----
> with one car at that height, I cannot open the garage door far enough
> to get another one in.  
> 


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